Micro-spatial genetic structure in song sparrows (Melospiza melodia)

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 213-222

  Wilson, Amy G ^a,b   Arcese, Peter ^a   Chan, Yvonne L ^c   Patten, Michael A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Islands; Isolation by distance; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONE; DIVERGENCE; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; ISOLATED POPULATION; SONGBIRD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSPECIES;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CALIFORNIA; CANADA; UNITED STATES;

MELOSPIZA; MELOSPIZA MELODIA;

EID: 78650974116     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0134-4     Document Type: Article

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