Genetic divergences and intraspecific variation in corvids of the genus Corvus (Aves: Passeriformes: Corvidae) - a first survey based on museum specimens

Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 230-246

  Haring, Elisabeth ^a,b   Däubl, Barbara ^a   Pinsker, Wilhelm ^a   Kryukov, Alexey ^c   Gamauf, Anita ^a,b  

^a NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Colour patterns; Corvus; Mitochondrial control region; Molecular phylogeny; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SURVEY; CLADISTICS; COLONIZATION; COLOR MORPH; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; INTRASPECIFIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUSEUM; NEARCTIC REGION; PALEARCTIC REGION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLUMAGE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY; TYPE SPECIMEN;

AVES; CORVIDA; CORVIDAE; CORVUS; CORVUS DAUURICUS; CORVUS MONEDULA; PASSERI; PASSERIFORMES; PICA (BIRD);

EID: 84863589863     PISSN: 09475745     EISSN: 14390469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0469.2012.00664.x     Document Type: Article

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