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Comprehensive DNA barcode coverage of North American birds

  1. KEVIN C. R. KERR1,
  2. MARK Y. STOECKLE2,
  3. CARLA J. DOVE3,
  4. LEE A. WEIGT3,
  5. CHARLES M. FRANCIS4,
  6. PAUL D. N. HEBERT1

Article first published online: 28 MAR 2007

DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01670.x

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Molecular Ecology Notes

Molecular Ecology Notes

Volume 7, Issue 4, pages 535–543, July 2007

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KERR, K. C. R., STOECKLE, M. Y., DOVE, C. J., WEIGT, L. A., FRANCIS, C. M. and HEBERT, P. D. N. (2007), Comprehensive DNA barcode coverage of North American birds. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7: 535–543. doi: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2007.01670.x

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  1. 1

    Department of Integrative Biology, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1,

  2. 2

    Program for the Human Environment, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY 10021, USA

  3. 3

    Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC 20013-7012, USA,

  4. 4

    National Wildlife Research Centre, Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0H3

* Kevin C. R. Kerr, Fax: (519) 767 1656; E-mail: kkerr@uoguelph.ca

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  1. Issue published online: 28 MAR 2007
  2. Article first published online: 28 MAR 2007
  3. Received 25 October 2006; revision accepted 20 November 2006

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