Could specialization to cold-water upwelling systems influence gene flow and population differentiation in marine organisms? A case study using the blue-footed booby, Sula nebouxii

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 883-893

  Taylor, Scott A ^a   Maclagan, Laura ^b   Anderson, David J ^c   Friesen, Vicki L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Foraging ecology; Genetic differentiation; Marine biogeography; Seabird; Sula nebouxii; Sulidae; Tropical Pacific Ocean; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COLONY; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEABIRD; SPECIALIZATION; UPWELLING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (TROPICAL); PERU;

SULA LEUCOGASTER; SULA NEBOUXII; SULIDAE;

EID: 79955007486     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2010.02445.x     Document Type: Article

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