Pinniped taxonomy: Review of currently recognized species and subspecies, and evidence used for their description

Mammal Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 207-234

  Berta, Annalisa ^a   Churchill, Morgan ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic bottleneck; Marine mammals; Odobenids; Phocids; Phylogenetic tree

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PINNIPED; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; TAXONOMY;

EID: 84862623148     PISSN: 03051838     EISSN: 13652907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2907.2011.00193.x     Document Type: Review

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