Can Mitogenomes of the Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) Reconstruct Its Phylogeography and Reveal the Origin of Migrant Birds?

Abstract The Northern Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe, including the nominate and the two subspecies O. o. leucorhoa and O. o. libanotica) and the Seebohm’s Wheatear (Oenanthe seebohmi) are today regarded as two distinct species. Before, all four taxa were regarded as four subspecies of the Northern Whe...

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Main Authors: Erjia Wang, Dezhi Zhang, Markus Santhosh Braun, Agnes Hotz-Wagenblatt, Tomas Pärt, Debora Arlt, Heiko Schmaljohann, Franz Bairlein, Fumin Lei, Michael Wink
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-66287-0