Low mitochondrial DNA variation in double-crested cormorants in Eastern North America

Waterbirds

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 196-200

  Waits, Juliann L ^a,c   Avery, Michael L ^b   Tobin, Mark E ^b   Leberg, Paul L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Double crested Cormorants; Migration; MtDNA; Phalacrocorax auritus; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; SEABIRD; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

(EAST); NORTH AMERICA;

PHALACROCORACIDAE; PHALACROCORAX; PHALACROCORAX AURITUS;

EID: 0041736712     PISSN: 07386028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1675/1524-4695(2003)026[0196:lmdvid]2.0.co;2     Document Type: Article

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