Ecological exchangeability versus neutral molecular markers: The case of the great tit

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 369-373

  Zink, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation units; Ecological exchangeability; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

BIRD; BODY SIZE; CLUTCH SIZE; GENETIC MARKER; LOCAL ADAPTATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY;

AVES; PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 34547837365     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2007.00125.x     Document Type: Article

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