Phylogeography of the white-tailed eagle, a generalist with large dispersal capacity

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1193-1206

  Hailer, F ^a,l   Helander, B ^b   Folkestad, A O ^c   Ganusevich, S A ^d   Garstad, S ^e   Hauff, P ^e   Koren, C ^e   Masterov, V B ^f   Nygard T ^g   Rudnick, J A ^h   Shiraki, S ⁱ   Skarphedinsson, K ^j   Volke, V ^k   Wille, F ^e   Vila C ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c Norwegian Sea Eagle Project   (Norway)

^d Field Research Group for the Kola North   (Russian Federation)

^e Moscow State University ^*  (Denmark)

^f MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^g NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^h PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ Hokkaido Institute of Environmental Sciences   (Japan)

^j ICELANDIC INSTITUTE OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Iceland)

^k Estonian Ornithological Society   (Estonia)

^l DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

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Author keywords

Control region; Eurasia; Falconiformes; Haliaeetus albicilla; mtDNA; Population expansion; Postglacial colonization

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; DISPERSAL; GENETIC VARIATION; LAST GLACIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION STRUCTURE; POSTGLACIAL; RAPTOR; RECOLONIZATION; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SURVIVAL;

ARCTIC; ASIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; FAR EAST; GREENLAND; ICELAND;

FALCONIFORMES; HALIAEETUS ALBICILLA;

EID: 34250726660     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01697.x     Document Type: Article

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