Contrasting genetic diversity and population structure among three sympatric Madagascan shorebirds: Parallels with rarity, endemism, and dispersal

Ecology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 997-1010

  Eberhart Phillips, Luke J ^a   Hoffman, Joseph I ^a   Brede, Edward G ^b   Zefania, Sama ^c   Kamrad, Martina J ^a   Székely, Tamás ^a,d   Bruford, Michael W ^b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

^d University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abundance; Dispersal; Endemism; Gene flow; Genetic drift; Shorebird

Indexed keywords

AVES; CHARADRIUS PECUARIUS; LEMURIDAE; REPTILIA;

EID: 84923842520     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20457758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.1393     Document Type: Article

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