Application of Genealogical-Concordance Principles to the Taxonomy and Evolutionary History of the Sharp-Tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)

@article{Rising1993ApplicationOG,
  title={Application of Genealogical-Concordance Principles to the Taxonomy and Evolutionary History of the Sharp-Tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus)},
  author={James D. Rising and John C. Avise},
  journal={The Auk},
  year={1993},
  volume={110},
  pages={844-856}
}
-We examined geographic differentiation in mitochondrial (mt) DNA and in morphometric characters among 12 populations of the Sharp-tailed Sparrow (Ammodramus caudacutus) representing all recognized subspecies and geographic regions. Both data sets reveal the existence of two distinct groups of populations, a northern group from the Canadian maritime provinces and Maine, the St. Lawrence Valley, Hudson Bay lowlands, and interior prairies, and a southern group from along the Atlantic coast north… 
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