Site fidelity is an inconsistent determinant of population structure in the hooded merganser (Lophodytes cucullatus): Evidence from genetic, mark-recapture, and comparative data

Auk

Volumn 125, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 711-722

  Pearce, John M ^a,b   Blums, Peter ^c,d   Lindbeng, Mark S ^b  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Band recovery; Fidelity; Hooded Merganser; Lophodytes cucullatus; mtDNA; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; BIRD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC SPECIES; GENE FLOW; HOME RANGE; IMMIGRATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SITE FIDELITY;

NORTH AMERICA;

ANATIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; LOPHODYTES; LOPHODYTES CUCULLATUS;

EID: 67649934741     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2008.07154     Document Type: Article

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