Genetic differentiation in the urban habitat: The great tits (Parus major) of the parks of Barcelona city

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-19

  Björklund, Mats ^a   Ruiz, Iker ^b   Senar, Juan Carlos ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Museu de Zoologia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fragmentation; Genetic structure; Meta populations; Relatedness; Source sink

Indexed keywords

GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; METAPOPULATION; PASSERINE; RELATEDNESS; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS; URBAN AREA;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

PARUS MAJOR;

EID: 73349125773     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2009.01335.x     Document Type: Article

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