Amak Island Song Sparrows (Melospiza melodia amaka) are not evolutionarily significant

Ornithological Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 133-138

  Pruett, Christin L ^a   Gibson, Daniel D ^a   Winker, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytochrome b; Evolutionarily significant unit; Melospiza melodia amaka; Microsatellite; Song Sparrow

Indexed keywords

EID: 17644419099     PISSN: 13470558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2326/osj.3.133     Document Type: Article

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