Genetic differentiation between sympatric and allopatric wintering populations of Snow Geese

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 730-738

  Humphries, Elizabeth M ^a,f   Peters, Jeffrey L ^a,d   Jónsson, Jón E ^b,e   Stone, Roger ^c   Afton, Alan D ^b   Omland, Kevin E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Chesapeake Marshlands NWR Complex   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOPATRY; BIRD; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; SYMPATRY;

DELMARVA PENINSULA; LOUISIANA; UNITED STATES;

ANSER; CHEN; CHEN CAERULESCENS CAERULESCENS;

EID: 72649102229     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/07-126.1     Document Type: Article

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