Phylogeography and colonization history of Lesser Black-backed Gulls (Larus fuscus) as revealed by mtDNA sequences

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1021-1033

  Liebers, D ^a,b   Helbig, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Historical demography; Larus argentatus fuscus cachinnans group; Mitochondrial control region; Population genetic structure

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE OSCILLATION; COLONIZATION; LATITUDE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD;

AVES; LARUS; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS CACHINNANS; LARUS FUSCUS; LARUS MICHAHELLIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0036842903     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.2002.00454.x     Document Type: Article

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