Inferring the phylogeography and evolutionary history of the splendid fairy-wren Malurus splendens from mitochondrial DNA and spectrophotometry

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 7-17

  Kearns, Anna M ^a,d   Joseph, Leo ^b   Edwards, Scott V ^c   Double, Michael C ^a,e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIATION; HISTORY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEMIARID REGION; SONGBIRD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; TAXONOMY;

MALURUS SPLENDENS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 58249100052     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2008.04383.x     Document Type: Article

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