High latitudes and high genetic diversity: Phylogeography of a widespread boreal bird, the gray jay (Perisoreus canadensis)

Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 456-465

  van Els, Paul ^a   Cicero, Carla ^b   Klicka, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Boreal phylogeography; Cryptic refugia; Gray jay; Last Glacial Maximum; Perisoreus canadensis; Species distribution modeling

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GENETICS; SONGBIRD;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; NORTH AMERICA; PASSERIFORMES; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

AVES; CORVIDA; PERISOREUS; PERISOREUS CANADENSIS;

EID: 84858076286     PISSN: 10557903     EISSN: 10959513     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2012.01.019     Document Type: Article

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