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Global flyway evolution in red knots Calidris canutus and genetic evidence for a Nearctic refugium.
Molecular ecology - 1 Apr 2022
Conklin Jesse R, Verkuil Yvonne I, Battley Phil F, Hassell Chris J, Ten Horn Job, Johnson James A, Tomkovich Pavel S, Baker Allan J, Piersma Theunis, Fontaine Michaël C
Abstract excerpt
Present-day ecology and population structure are the legacies of past climate and habitat perturbations, and this is particularly true for species that are widely distributed at high latitudes. The red knot, Calidris canutus, is an arctic-breeding, long-distance migratory shorebird with six recognized subspecies defined by differences in morphology, migration behavior, and annual cycle phenology, in a global...
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