Speciation and hybridisation in skuas (Catharacta spp.)

• Main Author: Ritz, Markus
• Other Authors: Halle, Stefan, Heckel, Gerald, Knijff, Peter de
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: thesis; Doktorarbeit; ddc:590; für Harvesting bereitgestellt; Klasse A; Südliche Hemisphäre; Skua; Hybridisierung; AFLP; Antarctic; Tristan; Antarc*; Antarctica; Brown Skua; Catharacta maccormicki
• Online Access: https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:gbv:27-20090422-082120-3; https://www.db-thueringen.de/receive/dbt_mods_00012901; https://www.db-thueringen.de/servlets/MCRZipServlet/dbt_derivate_00017306; http://uri.gbv.de/document/gvk:ppn:597989575

This study investigated the evolution of southern hemisphere skua taxa (Catharacta spp.) and revealed the modes and patterns of speciation in this group of seabirds. A hybrid zone between two species was investigated in more detail using AFLP to discriminate between species and their hybrids. This a...