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Genetic Structure and Diversity of Two Populations of the Eastern Buzzard (Buteo japonicus japonicus and B. j. toyoshimai) in Japan.
Zoological science - 9 Dec 2019
Nagai Kazuya, Nakayama Fumihito, Tokita Ken-Ichi, Kawakami Kazuto
Abstract excerpt
The nominotypical subspecies of the Eastern buzzard (Buteo japonicus japonicus; BJJ) is a common raptor inhabiting East Asia and Japan. Another subspecies, B. j. toyoshimai (BJT), inhabits only the Bonin Islands of the Ogasawara Islands, where there are only an estimated 85 breeding pairs. Because of this low population size, this subspecies is classified as endangered (class IB) in Japan. The aims of the present...
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