Fine-scale population structure and asymmetrical dispersal in an obligate salt-marsh passerine, the saltmarsh sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)

Auk

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 247-258

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^b Rachel Carson National Wildlife Refuge   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammodramus caudacutus; Dispersal; Genetic structure; Microsatellites; Migratory passerine; Saltmarsh Sparrow; Source sink dynamics

Indexed keywords

ASYMMETRY; BREEDING SITE; DISPERSAL; GENE FLOW; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; MIGRATORY SPECIES; PASSERINE; PHILOPATRY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION STRUCTURE;

UNITED STATES;

AMMODRAMUS CAUDACUTUS; PASSERIDAE; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 84861352802     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2012.11153     Document Type: Article

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