Climate change and the origin of migratory pathways in the Swainson's thrush, Catharus ustulatus

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1172-1182

  Ruegg, Kristen C ^a   Hijmans, Robert J ^a   Moritz, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioclimatic modelling; Catharus ustulatus; Migration; Migratory pathway; mtDNA; North America; Phylogeography; Pleistocene; Population expansion; Swainson's thrush

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BOREAL FOREST; CLIMATE CHANGE; FLIGHT BEHAVIOR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GROWTH RATE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION SIZE; POSTGLACIAL; RIPARIAN FOREST; WOODLAND;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC COAST [NORTH AMERICA]; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CATHARUS USTULATUS;

EID: 33745055970     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2006.01517.x     Document Type: Article

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