Systematic and conservation implications of mitochondrial DNA diversity in emu-wrens, stipiturus (aves:Maluridae)

Emu

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-152

  Donnellan, S C ^a,b   Armstrong, J ^a   Pickett, M ^c   Milne, T ^c,d   Baulderstone, J ^c,d   Hollfelder, T ^b   Bertozzi, T ^a  

^a SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^c Cancer Council South Australia   (Australia)

^d Land and Biodiversity Conservation ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Bird; Cytochrome b; ND2; Systematics.

Indexed keywords

ALLOZYME; ARID ENVIRONMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KANGAROO ISLAND; MOUNT LOFTY RANGES; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

AVES; MALURIDAE; STIPITURUS; STIPITURUS MALACHURUS; STIPITURUS MALLEE; STIPITURUS RUFICEPS; TROGLODYTINAE;

EID: 67650979386     PISSN: 01584197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MU07011     Document Type: Article

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