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Cryptic diversity in a widespread North American songbird: phylogeography of the Brown Creeper (Certhia americana).
Molecular phylogenetics and evolution - 1 Mar 2011
Manthey Joseph D, Klicka John, Spellman Garth M
Abstract excerpt
The identification of species via morphological characteristics has traditionally left cryptic species undescribed in taxa under selection for morphological conservation (or a lack of selection for morphological change). Treecreepers (Genus: Certhia) have a conserved morphological appearance, making it difficult to ascertain relationships in the genus based on morphology alone. Recent genetic and song structure...
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