Genetic characterization of Common Eiders breeding in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta, Alaska

Condor

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 878-893

  Sonsthagen, Sarah A ^a,d   Talbot, Sandy L ^b   McCracken, Kevin G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Common Eider; Gene flow; Population genetic structure; Somateria mollissima

Indexed keywords

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA;

EID: 38349071902     PISSN: 00105422     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1650/0010-5422(2007)109[878:GCOCEB]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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