Panmixia on a continental scale in a widely distributed colonial waterbird

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-592

  Reudink, Matthew W ^a   Kyle, Christopher J ^a   Nocera, Joseph J ^a   Oomen, Rebekah A ^a   Green, M Clay ^b   Somers, Christopher M ^c  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

American white pelican; Gene flow; Genetic structure; Microsatellite; Panmixia; Pelecanus erythrorhynchos

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MIGRATORY POPULATION; MULTIPLE MATING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY; WATERFOWL;

NORTH AMERICA;

AVES; PELECANUS ERYTHRORHYNCHOS;

EID: 79751485634     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2010.01608.x     Document Type: Article

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