Reconciling historical processes and population structure in the sooty tern Sterna fuscata

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 327-335

  Peck, Darren R ^a   Congdon, Bradley C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC STRUCTURE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEABIRD;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND;

ANTHOZOA; AVES; STERNA; STERNA FUSCATA;

EID: 3543054148     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03303.x     Document Type: Article

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