Genetic diversity and morphological variation of the common chaffinch Fringilla coelebs in the Azores

Journal of Avian Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 167-178

  Rodrigues, Pedro ^a   Lopes, Ricardo Jorge ^b   Reis, Sandra ^b   Resendes, Roberto ^a   Ramos, Jaime Albino ^c   Tristão da Cunha, Regina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AZORES   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGAÇÃO EM BIODIVERSIDADE E RECURSOS GENÉTICOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE FLOW; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PALEARCTIC REGION; PASSERINE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

AZORES; CANARY ISLANDS; MACARONESIA; MADEIRA; PORTUGAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84895731140     PISSN: 09088857     EISSN: 1600048X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-048X.2013.00229.x     Document Type: Article

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