Genetic structure among wild populations of Elliot's Pheasant Syrmaticus ellioti in China from mitochondrial DNA analyses

Bird Conservation International

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 177-185

  Jiang, Ping Ping ^a,b   Ge, Yun Fa ^a,b   Lang, Qiu Lei ^a,b   Ding, Ping ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PARSIMONY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILD POPULATION;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; HUNAN; ZHEJIANG;

SYRMATICUS ELLIOTI;

EID: 34347381119     PISSN: 09592709     EISSN: 14740001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0959270907000706     Document Type: Article

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