The role of the Ord Arid Intrusion in the historical and contemporary genetic division of long-tailed finch subspecies in northern Australia

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1208-1219

  Rollins, Lee Ann ^a   Svedin, Nina ^a   Pryke, Sarah R ^a   Griffith, Simon C ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Long tailed finch; Microsatellite; Mitochondrial control region; Northern Australian biogeography; Ord arid intrusion; Poephila acuticauda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879255001     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.259     Document Type: Article

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