Phylogeography of the California Gnatcatcher (Polioptila californica) using multilocus DNA sequences and ecological niche modeling: Implications for conservation

Auk

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 449-458

  Zink, Robert M ^a   Groth, Jeffrey G ^b   Vazquez Miranda, Hernan ^a   Barrowclough, George F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

California Gnatcatcher; Ecological niche modeling; Endangered Species Act; Mitochondrial DNA; Nuclear dna; Phylogeography; Polioptila californica; Subspecies

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION GROWTH; RANGE EXPANSION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SUBSPECIES;

POLIOPTILA CALIFORNICA;

EID: 84882425099     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/auk.2013.12241     Document Type: Article

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