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Ancient DNA of the extinct lava shearwater (Puffinus olsoni) from the Canary Islands reveals incipient differentiation within the P. puffinus complex.
PloS one - 31 Dec 2010
Ramirez Oscar, Illera Juan Carlos, Rando Juan Carlos, Gonzalez-Solis Jacob, Alcover Josep Antoni, Lalueza-Fox Carles
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The loss of species during the Holocene was, dramatically more important on islands than on continents. Seabirds from islands are very vulnerable to human-induced alterations such as habitat destruction, hunting and exotic predators. For example, in the genus Puffinus (family Procellariidae) the extinction of at least five species has been recorded during the Holocene, two of them coming from the...
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