Likely human introduction of the red-legged thrush (Turdus plumbeus) to Dominica, West Indies

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 299-303

  Ricklefs, Robert E ^a   Bermingham, Eldredge ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Biogeography; Dominica; Extinction; Introduced species; Island; Red legged Thrush; Turdus plumbeus; West Indies

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSPECIFIC; EXTINCTION; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PASSERINE; RANGE EXPANSION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DOMINICA; GREATER ANTILLES; LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; LESSER ANTILLES; PUERTO RICO;

AVES; TURDUS PLUMBEUS;

EID: 67649771204     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06059     Document Type: Article

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