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Intraspecific evolutionary relationships among peregrine falcons in western North American high latitudes.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2017
Talbot Sandra L, Sage George K, Sonsthagen Sarah A, Gravley Meg C, Swem Ted, Williams Jeffrey C, Longmire Jonathan L, Ambrose Skip, Flamme Melanie J, Lewis Stephen B, Phillips Laura, Anderson Clifford, White Clayton M
Abstract excerpt
Subspecies relationships within the peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) have been long debated because of the polytypic nature of melanin-based plumage characteristics used in subspecies designations and potential differentiation of local subpopulations due to philopatry. In North America, understanding the evolutionary relationships among subspecies may have been further complicated by the introduction of...
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