Kentish versus snowy plover: Phenotypic and genetic analyses of Charadrios Alexandrinus Reveal divergence of Eurasian and American subspecies

Auk

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 839-852

  Küpper, Clemens ^a,b   Augustin, Jakob ^a,b,d   Kosztolányi, András ^a,e   Burke, Terry ^b   Figuerola, J O R D I ^c   Székely, Tamas ^a  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Charadrius alexandrinus; Kentish Plover; Microsatellites; Mitochondrial DNA; Population differentiation; Snowy Plover

Indexed keywords

DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHENOTYPE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; WADER;

CHARADRIIDAE; CHARADRIUS ALEXANDRINUS;

EID: 73449083783     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2009.08174     Document Type: Article

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