Molecular Evidence for Recent Radiation in Southern Hemisphere Masked Gulls

• Published in: The Auk
• Main Authors: Given, Andrew D., Mills, James A., Baker, Allan J.
• Other Authors: Haukos, D. A.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2005
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; New Zealand; Lone; Black-headed Gull; Larus ridibundus
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/auk/122.1.268; http://academic.oup.com/auk/article-pdf/122/1/268/29689109/auk0268.pdf

Abstract Masked gulls are believed, on the basis of morphological and recent molecular work, to be a monophyletic group within the Laridae, but relationships of species within the group are not well resolved. We used sequence data from four mitochondrial DNA genes (ND2, ND5, ATPase6, and ATPase 8) t...