Birding and dna: species for the new millennium: Capsule based on the 1999 witherby memorial lecture – reviews how developments in molecular and population genetics have led to a reappraisal of species limits in birds

Bird Study

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 223-242

  Parkin, David T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Divergence; DNA; Evolution; Evolutionary species; Genes; Hybrid; Molecular studies; Phylogenetic; Polymorphism; RNA; Species; Species concept; Splitting and lumping

Indexed keywords

AVIFAUNA; DNA; POPULATION GENETICS;

ANAS; ANAS CAROLINENSIS; ANAS CRECCA; AVES; CAROLINENSIS; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS CORONE; CORVUS CORONE CORNIX; GALLIFORMES; PHYLLOSCOPUS;

EID: 0344287543     PISSN: 00063657     EISSN: 19446705     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00063650309461316     Document Type: Article

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