Slower tempo of microevolution in island birds: Implications for conservation biology

Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2275-2287

  Wright, Shane D ^a   Gillman, Len N ^b   Ross, Howard A ^a   Keeling, D Jeanette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Area; Biodiversity conservation; Genetic drift; Molecular evolution; Population size; Selection

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME B; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADAPTATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CYTOCHROME; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; NATURAL SELECTION; POPULATION SIZE; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIRD; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIRDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CYTOCHROMES B; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GEOGRAPHY; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POPULATION DENSITY;

AVES;

EID: 68749114966     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2009.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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