Assessment of species limits among yellow-breasted meadowlarks (sturnella spp.) using mitochondrial and sex-linked markers

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 869-879

  Barker, F Keith ^a   Vandergon, Arion J ^a,b   Lanyon, Scott M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Grassland birds; North America; Species limits; Sturnella; Systematics; Taxonomy; Yellow breasted meadowlarks

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CYTOCHROME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENY; REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; LILIOPSIDA; STURNELLA; STURNELLA MAGNA; STURNELLA NEGLECTA;

EID: 60749129130     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07148     Document Type: Article

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