Island life and isolation: The population genetics of Pacific Wrens on the North Pacific Rim

• Published in: The Condor
• Main Authors: Pruett, Christin L., Ricono, Angela, Spern, Cory, Winker, Kevin
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford University Press (OUP) 2017
• Subjects: Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Attu Island; Attu; Lagopus muta; rock ptarmigan; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1650/condor-16-183.1; http://www.bioone.org/doi/full-xml/10.1650/CONDOR-16-183.1; http://academic.oup.com/condor/article-pdf/119/1/131/28238614/condor0131.pdf

Abstract Conservation of intraspecific variation is a growing focus of conservation biology. Island populations can make up a large portion of the variation of widespread species, as they are often isolated and exhibit differences in phenotype and genetic structure compared with mainland populations...