In the dark in a large urban park: DNA barcodes illuminate cryptic and introduced moth species

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 3825-3839

  deWaard, Jeremy R ^a,b   Landry, Jean François ^c   Schmidt, B Christian ^c   Derhousoff, Jennifer ^a   McLean, John A ^a   Humble, Leland M ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

^c Arachnids and Nematodes   (Canada)

^d PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodiversity inventory; COI; Cryptic species; Cytochrome oxidase 1; DNA barcodes; Introduced species; Invasive species; Lepidoptera; Stanley Park; Taxonomic impediment

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INVASIVE SPECIES; MOTH; NEW SPECIES; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; SPECIES INVENTORY;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

ARGYRESTHIA; LEPIDOPTERA; PRAYS FRAXINELLA;

EID: 71049139032     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9682-7     Document Type: Article

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