Gone With the Wind: Exploring a Vanished Rock Dove, Columba livia, Hybrid Zone in the Sahara Desert

ABSTRACT Rock doves (Columba livia) are the wild ancestor of domestic and feral pigeons and had a wide distribution across Eurasia and the northern part of Africa. West African rock doves have been identified as genetically distinct from all other populations, possibly representing a distinct specie...

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Published in:	Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Germán Hernández‐Alonso, Hein vanGrouw, Motahare F. Farahani, Torsten Günther
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Wiley 2025-09-01
Subjects:	hybrid zone population genomics refugium theory speciation Columba livia
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.72061