Genetic patterns of differentiation among five landbird species from the queen Charlotte Islands, British Columbia

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 461-472

  Topp, Carrie M ^a,b   Winker, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Conservation; Endemism; Haida Gwaii; mtDNA; Phylogeography; Queen Charlotte Islands; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

BIRD; COALESCENCE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDEMIC SPECIES; ENDEMISM; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; REFUGIUM; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS;

AEGOLIUS ACADICUS; AVES; CYANOCITTA STELLERI; PARUS RUFESCENS; PICOIDES VILLOSUS; PINICOLA; PINICOLA ENUCLEATOR; POECILE RUFESCENS; STRIGIFORMES;

EID: 67649804149     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.06254     Document Type: Article

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