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DNA barcoding of Iberian Peninsula and North Africa Tawny Owls Strix aluco suggests the Strait of Gibraltar as an important barrier for phylogeography.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Nov 2016
Doña Jorge, Ruiz-Ruano Francisco J, Jovani Roger
Abstract excerpt
Eight subspecies have been proposed within the Tawny Owl (Strix aluco) species. However, recent molecular data have challenged this view, encouraging further work in this species complex. Here we reevaluated the taxonomic status between the North-Western African Tawny Owl, S. a. mauritanica, and its closest Iberian Tawny Owl population (from the S. a. sylvatica to S. a. aluco clade) separated by the Strait of...
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