Phylogenetic differentiation of Sylvia species (Aves: Passeriformes) of the Atlantic islands (Macaronesia) based on mitochondrial DNA sequence data and morphometrics

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 157-174

  Dietzen, Christian ^a   Garcia Del Rey, Eduardo ^b   Castro, Guillermo D ^c   Wink, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^c Museo de Ciencias Naturales   (Spain)

Author keywords

Azores; Canary Islands; Cytochrome b; Madeira; Phylogeny; Sylvia atricapilla; Sylvia conspicillata; Sylvia melanocephala

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; COLONIZATION; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; RANGE EXPANSION; SONGBIRD; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN;

AVES; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; SYLVIA; SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA; SYLVIA CONSPICILLATA; SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA;

EID: 52649159695     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2008.01005.x     Document Type: Article

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