Geographical segregation in Dunlin Calidris alpina populations wintering along the East Atlantic migratory flyway - Evidence from mitochondrial DNA analysis

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 732-741

  Lopes, Ricardo J ^a   Hortas, Francisco ^b   Wennerberg, Liv ^c,d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d Fylkeshuset   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bird migration; Genetic markers; Geographical segregation; Integrative monitoring; Shorebirds

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMONITORING; BREEDING SITE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC MARKER; MIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; WADER;

AFRICA; ARCTIC; EURASIA; EUROPE; GREENLAND; SIBERIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AVES; CALIDRIS ALPINA;

EID: 49549098339     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2008.00480.x     Document Type: Article

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