Systematics of large white-headed gulls: Patterns of mitochondrial DNA variation in western European taxa

Auk

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 603-620

  Crochet, Pierre André ^a   Lebreton, Jean Dominique ^a   Bonhomme, François ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; SEABIRD; SPECIATION (BIOLOGY);

AVES; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS FUSCUS; PIERIS BRASSICAE;

EID: 0036655598     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/auk/119.3.603     Document Type: Article

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