The Arctic Warbler Phylloscopus borealis- three anciently separated cryptic species revealed

Ibis

Volumn 153, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 395-410

  Alström, Per ^a   Saitoh, Takema ^b,e   Williams, Dawn ^c   Nishiumi, Isao ^d   Shigeta, Yoshimitsu ^e   Ueda, Keisuke ^b   Irestedt, Martin ^c   Björklund, Mats ^f   Olsson, Urban ^g  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^e YAMASHINA INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Japan)

^f UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^g UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Cytochrome b; Phylogeny; Taxonomy; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOMETRY; PALEARCTIC ECOZONE; PHYLOGENY; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; SONGBIRD; TAXONOMY; VOCALIZATION;

ALASKA; INDONESIA; JAPAN; PHILIPPINES; UNITED STATES;

AGLAONEMA MODESTUM; PHYLLOSCOPUS; PHYLLOSCOPUS BOREALIS;

EID: 79952718262     PISSN: 00191019     EISSN: 1474919X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-919X.2011.01116.x     Document Type: Article

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