Is urbanisation of European blackbirds (Turdus merula) associated with genetic differentiation?

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 147, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 549-552

  Partecke, Jesko ^a   Gwinner, Eberhard ^a   Bensch, Staffan ^b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Ecology Building   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Amplified fragment length polymorphism analysis; Genetic differentiation; Isolation; Urbanisation

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; DNA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC ISOLATION; GENETIC MARKER; POLYMORPHISM; URBANIZATION;

TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 33749529384     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-006-0078-0     Document Type: Article

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