Late Pleistocene colonization of South Georgia by yellow-billed pintails pre-dates the Last Glacial Maximum

Journal of Biogeography

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2348-2360

  Mccracken, Kevin G ^a   Wilson, Robert E ^a   Peters, Jeffrey L ^b   Winker, Kevin ^a   Martin, Anthony R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA MUSEUM   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Anas georgica; Anatidae; Argentina; Ducks; Glacial refugia; Island biogeography; Multilocus genetic data; Patagonia; Subantarctic; Waterfowl

Indexed keywords

COLONIZATION; DEGLACIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; GLACIAL-INTERGLACIAL CYCLE; ICE FREE CORRIDOR; ICE SHEET; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PLEISTOCENE; REFUGIUM; SUBARCTIC REGION; VICARIANCE; WATERFOWL;

ANTARCTICA; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (SOUTH); SOUTH AMERICA; SOUTH GEORGIA;

ANAS; ANAS GEORGICA; ANATIDAE;

EID: 84888051173     PISSN: 03050270     EISSN: 13652699     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jbi.12162     Document Type: Article

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