Genetic, morphological, and ecological characterization of a hybrid zone that spans a migratory divide

Evolution

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 452-466

  Ruegg, Kristen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AFLP; Cline; Ecological selection; Environmental gradient; Gene flow; Hybridization; Migratory divide; Tension zone

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISPERSAL; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HYBRID ZONE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SONGBIRD;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CANADA; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION; METABOLISM; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION MIGRATION; PROBABILITY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SONGBIRD; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOLOGY; EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; PROBABILITY; SONGBIRDS;

COAST MOUNTAINS; NORTH AMERICA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST;

CATHARUS USTULATUS; PASSERI;

EID: 39749110143     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00263.x     Document Type: Article

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