Genetic barcode RFLP analysis of the Nelson's and Saltmarsh sparrow hybrid zone

Wilson Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 316-322

  Walsh, Jennifer ^a   Kovach, Adrienne I ^a   Lane, Oksana P ^b   O'Brien, Kathleen M ^c   Babbitt, Kimberly J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b BIODIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HYBRID ZONE; HYBRIDIZATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PASSERINE; SALTMARSH; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SYMPATRY;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; PASSERIDAE;

EID: 79957450444     PISSN: 15594491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1676/10-134.1     Document Type: Article

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