Cryptic species in a Neotropical parrot: Genetic variation within the Amazona farinosa species complex and its conservation implications

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1427-1432

  Wenner, Theodore J ^a,b   Russello, Michael A ^c   Wright, Timothy F ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cryptic species; Mealy Amazon; Neotropics; Parrots; Species complex

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CLADISTICS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRYPSIS; CYTOCHROME; DIVERGENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NEOTROPIC ECOZONE; SUBSPECIES; TAXONOMY;

CENTRAL AMERICA; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMAZONA FARINOSA; ANIMALIA; PSITTACIDAE;

EID: 84865436035     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-012-0364-8     Document Type: Article

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