Low genetic and morphological differentiation between an introduced population of dunnocks in New Zealand and an ancestral population in England

Biological Invasions

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 185-197

  Santos, Eduardo S A ^a   Jamieson, Ian G ^a   Santos, Luana L S ^a   Nakagawa, Shinichi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Avian invasion; Contemporary evolution; Evolutionary rate; Exotic species; Morphological divergence; Prunella modularis

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOLOGICAL INVASION; DIVERGENCE; EFFECTIVE POPULATION SIZE; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOUNDER EFFECT; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; PASSERINE;

CAMBRIDGE; CAMBRIDGESHIRE; DUNEDIN; ENGLAND; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

AVES; PRUNELLA (AVES); PRUNELLA MODULARIS;

EID: 84870828939     PISSN: 13873547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10530-012-0278-x     Document Type: Article

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