Phylogenetic distributions of British birds of conservation concern

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 275, Issue 1647, 2008, Pages 2077-2083

  Thomas, Gavin H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British birds; Phylogeny; Population decline; Range contraction

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; LIFE HISTORY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; ZOOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIRD; BREEDING; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION BIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WINTER;

AVES;

EID: 48749128007     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2008.0549     Document Type: Article

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