the Godlewski bunting(s) (1 Viewer)

[Rick Wright]

Southern populations split at the species level: A new bunting species in South China revealed by an integrative taxonomic investigation of the Emberiza godlewskii complex (Aves, Emberidae)

 

[Xenospiza]

See here for more discussion: Emberiza
I've seen the article and it's not great (and I'm being nice).

 

[Jim LeNomenclatoriste]

it's not great (and I'm being nice).

Why ?

 

[Xenospiza]

Why ?

I was warned by someone who is very well-versed in genetics that it was thin, but even I (not a biologist) could have made that conclusion.
They give the least possible amount of evidence possible for a split and the data are not in agreement with those from earlier work by Päckert et al.
The morphological differences are not very convincing to me...

(I can of course forward it if you notify me of your email addres).

 

[MJB]

I notice the Mol. Phyl. Evol. snippet page is dated March 2023...
MJB

 

[vergan]

I notice the Mol. Phyl. Evol. snippet page is dated March 2023...
MJB

That's the publication date of the issue where it belongs. The article is just accepted in December and can be accessed online.

 

[MJB]

That's the publication date of the issue where it belongs. The article is just accepted in December and can be accessed online.

That's what I surmised, but I was highlighting the problem of maintaining the accuracy of reference lists at each turn of the year!
MJB