Genetic and morphometric diversity in the Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus) suggest discontinuous clinal variation across major breeding regions associated with previously characterized subspecies

Auk

Volumn 131, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 298-313

  Ross, Jeremy D ^a,b   Bouzat, Juan L ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetic structure; Grassland birds; Morphometric variation; Neotropical migrant; Phylogeography

Indexed keywords

CONSPECIFIC; DNA; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; MORPHOLOGY; MORPHOMETRY; PASSERINE; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; SUBSPECIES;

GREAT PLAINS; UNITED STATES;

AVES; CHONDESTES; CHONDESTES GRAMMACUS;

EID: 84902539573     PISSN: 00048038     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1642/AUK-13-246.1     Document Type: Article

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