Phylogeography of Canada Geese (Branta canadensis) in western North America

Auk

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 889-907

  Scribner, Kim T ^a,b   Talbot, Sandra L ^a   Pearce, John M ^a   Pierson, Barbara J ^a   Bollinger, Karen S ^a,c   Derksen, Dirk V ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; WATERFOWL;

(WEST); NORTH AMERICA;

ANAS; ANATIDAE; ANSER; ANSER SP.; AVES; BRANTA; BRANTA CANADENSIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0042925572     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4090120     Document Type: Article

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