Bird speciations made clear (Earth Times) (1 Viewer)

We can catalogue all the live and some extinct species on earth. The sooner we know all those insects and marine creatures, the quicker we can deal with conservation management in the most efficient ways possible.

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We can catalogue all the live and some extinct species on earth. The sooner we know all those insects and marine creatures, the quicker we can deal with conservation management in the most efficient ways possible. More from Earth Times

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The summary report was praiseworthy in that it was attempted, but it seems that the author didn't quite read Aliabadian et al 2013 deeply enough; barcoding isn't a magic solution - it's a very useful tool, as the paper makes clear. His take on the Lesser Whitethroat complex, particularly taxon blythi would have benefited from more detail (eg not the two subspecies, but two related taxa that now seem to be more distantly related than previously thought).

I recommend downloading and reading Kerr et al 2009 (in the paper's reference list) for some idea of where cryptic species may exist within populations lumped at present.
MJB