Morphological and genetic patterns of hybridization of herring gulls (larus argentatus) and glaucous gulls (L. hyperboreus) in Iceland

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 376-382

  Pálsson, Snæbjorn ^a   Vigfúsdóttir, Freydís ^a   Ingólfsson, Agnar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Genetics; Glaucous Gull; Herring Gull; Hybridization; Iceland; Introgression; L. hyperboreus; Larus argentatus; Morphometrics

Indexed keywords

GENETIC MARKER; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SEABIRD;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

CLUPEIDAE; LARUS ARGENTATUS; LARUS HYPERBOREUS;

EID: 67650248527     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08080     Document Type: Article

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