Genetic and morphological variation in Dunlin Calidris alpina breeding in the Palearctic tundra

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: WENNERBERG, LIV, HOLMGREN, NOÉL M.A., JÖNSSON, PAUL‐ERIC, SCHANTZ, TORBJÖRN VON
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 1999
• Subjects: Taymyr; Wrangel Island; Calidris alpina; Dunlin; Taymyr Peninsula; Tundra; Siberia
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1474-919x.1999.tb04408.x; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1474-919X.1999.tb04408.x; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1474-919X.1999.tb04408.x

The extensive overlap in morphological characters between populations of Dunlin Calidris alpina imposes problems of determining the origin of migrating and wintering birds. The morphology of the birds also varies between the sexes, and the sex of a Dunlin may often be difficult to determine. To clar...