Glacial history and colonization of Europe by the blue tit Parus caeruleus

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 352-359

  Kvist, Laura ^a   Viiri, Keijo ^a   Dias, Paula C ^b   Rytkönen, Seppo ^a   Orell, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b CENTRE D ECOLOGIE FONCTIONNELLE ET EVOLUTIVE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; GLACIAL HISTORY; PASSERINE; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

AVES; PARUS; PARUS CAERULEUS; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 3543113885     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0908-8857.2004.03297.x     Document Type: Article

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