As the raven flies: Using genetic data to infer the history of invasive common raven (Corvus corax) populations in the Mojave Desert

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 464-474

  Fleischer, Robert C ^a,d   Boarman, William I ^b,i   Gonzalez, Elena G ^a,e   Godinez, Alvaro ^a,f   Omland, Kevin E ^c   Young, Sarah ^a,g   Helgen, Lauren ^a   Syed, Gracia ^a   McIntosh, Carl E ^a,h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b Conservation Science Research and Consulting ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d NZP   (United States)

^e MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture   (United States)

^h NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

ⁱ SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Corvus; Invasive species; Microsatellites; Mojave Desert; Ravens

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROW; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CROWS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESERT CLIMATE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEVADA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

CORVUS; CORVUS CORAX; GOPHERUS AGASSIZII;

EID: 37348998978     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2007.03532.x     Document Type: Article

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