Subspecific relationships and genetic structure in the spotted owl

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 683-705

  Haig, Susan M ^a   Mullins, Thomas D ^a   Forsman, Eric D ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Control region; Cytochrome B; Intraspecific hybridization; Mitochondrial DNA; Phylogeography; Population structure; Spotted owls; Strix occidentalis; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; RAPTOR;

CALIFORNIA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

AVES; STRIGIFORMES; STRIX; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS; STRIX OCCIDENTALIS CAURINA;

EID: 5344250742     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-004-1864-y     Document Type: Article

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