Rediscovery of a long-lost lark reveals the conspecificity of endangered Heteromirafra populations in the Horn of Africa;Die Wiederentdeckung einer lange verschollenen Lerchenart belegt die Konspezifität der gefährdeten Heteromirafra-Populationen am Horn von Afrika

Journal of Ornithology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 813-825

  Spottiswoode, Claire N ^a,b   Olsson, Urban ^c   Mills, Michael S L ^b,d   Cohen, Callan ^b,d   Francis, Julian E ^e   Toye, Negussie ^f   Hoddinott, David ^g   Dagne, Abiy ^h   Wood, Chris ⁱ   Donald, Paul F ^j   Collar, Nigel J ^k   Alström, Per ^l,m  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d Birding Africa   (South Africa)

^e Tolpuddle Manor   (United Kingdom)

^f not available   (Ethiopia)

^g not available   (South Africa)

^h Ethiopian Quadrants   (Ethiopia)

ⁱ BirdLife International ^*

^j RSPB CENTRE FOR CONSERVATION SCIENCE   (United Kingdom)

^k BIRDLIFE INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^l INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^m SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

African birds; Biogeography; Environmental niche; mtDNA

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CONSPECIFIC; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORPHOLOGY; NICHE; PASSERINE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TAXONOMY; TYPE LOCALITY;

ETHIOPIA; HORN OF AFRICA;

ALAUDIDAE; AVES; HETEROMIRAFRA; HETEROMIRAFRA ARCHERI; HETEROMIRAFRA RUDDI; HETEROMIRAFRA SIDAMOENSIS;

EID: 84879174955     PISSN: 21937192     EISSN: 21937206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10336-013-0948-1     Document Type: Article

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