Genetic evidence for recent range fragmentation and severely restricted dispersal in the critically endangered Sierra Madre Sparrow, Xenospiza baileyi

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 283-291

  de Ita, Adán Oliveras ^a,b   Oyama, Ken ^a   Smith, Thomas B ^b   Wayne, Robert K ^b   Milá, Borja ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ECOSISTEMAS Y SUSTENTABILIDAD   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

Birds; Endangered; Gene flow; Genetic diversity; Management; Mexico; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENE FLOW; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GRASS; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; SONGBIRD; SUBALPINE ENVIRONMENT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

AVES; XENOSPIZA BAILEYI;

EID: 84856217265     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0283-0     Document Type: Article

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