The taxonomic rank of Spizella taverneri: A response to Mayr and Johnson

Condor

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 420-422

  Klicka, John ^a   Zink, Robert M ^b   Barlow, Jon C ^c   McGillivray, W Bruce ^d   Doyle, Terry J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d ROYAL ALBERTA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^e Ten Thousand Isl Natl Wild life R   (United States)

Author keywords

Brewer's Sparrow; Classification; DNA sequences; Species concepts; Timberline Sparrow

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; AVIAN GENETICS; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC RELATIONSHIP; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION;

SPIZELLA BREWERI; SPIZELLA TAVERNERI;

EID: 0035002729     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2001)103[0420:TTROST]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Review

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