Genetic distinctiveness of brown pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) from the Galápagos Islands compared to continental North America - Conservation Genetics

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Author notes

1. Scott A. Taylor

   Present address: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder, 1300 Pleasant Street, Boulder, CO, 80302, USA

Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Biology, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada

   Scott A. Taylor, Melissa Jenkins, Meera Manghani, Tim Birt & Vicki Friesen

2. Department of Biology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

   David J. Anderson

3. Charles Darwin Research Station, Puerto Ayora, Isla Santa Cruz, Galápagos, Ecuador

   Gustavo Jiménez-Uzcátegui

Contributions

SAT and VLF conceived the ideas; SAT, MJ, MM, TB, GJU and DJA collected the data; SAT, MJ, and MM analyzed the data; VLF and DJA funded the project; and SAT led the writing with the help of all authors.

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Scott A. Taylor.

Ethical approval

This research was conducted in compliance with the Guidelines to the use of Wild Birds in Research and adhering to V. L. Friesen’s Animal Care Protocol.