التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
| العنوان: |
Taxonomy of the Rufous-naped lark (Mirafra africana) complex based on song analysis |
| المؤلفون: |
Nymark, Marianne Kristine |
| بيانات النشر: |
Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för biologisk grundutbildning; Uppsala universitet, Zooekologi, 2021. |
| سنة النشر: |
2021 |
| المجموعة: |
DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
rufous-naped, lark, mirafra, africana, systematics, taxonomy, ecology, zoology, song analysis, subspecies, integrative taxonomy, clinal variation, LDA, post hoc Tukey HSD test, Raven Pro, Zoology, Zoologi, Ecology, Ekologi, Biological Systematics, Biologisk systematik |
| الوصف: |
The Rufous-naped lark Mirafra africana complex consists of 22 subspecies spread across the African continent. Several of the subspecies have recently been suggested to potentially be treated as separate species. In this study a comparative analysis was done on the song from seven of the subspecies: M. a. africana, M. a. athi, M. a. grisescens, M. a. kabalii, M. a. nyikae, M. a. transvaalensis and M. a. tropicalis. The results showed that M. a. athi, M. a. kabalii and M. a. nyikae are all very divergent from each other as well as from the other four subspecies. In contrast, M. a. tropicalis, M. a. grisescens, M. a. africana and M. a. transvaalensis are not clearly separable from each other. Based on the results, I suggest that M. a. athi, M. a. kabalii and M. a. nyikae can be classified as separate species, with M. a. africana, M. a. tropicalis, M. a grisescens and M. a. transvaalensis forming a fourth species (M. africana sensu stricto). Finally, I conclude that this study shows that more studies need to be done on the subspecies of the Mirafra africana complex. |
| Original Identifier: |
oai:DiVA.org:uu-435322 |
| نوع الوثيقة: |
Text |
| وصف الملف: |
application/pdf |
| اللغة: |
English |
| الاتاحة: |
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-435322 |
| Rights: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: |
edsndl.UPSALLA1.oai.DiVA.org.uu.435322 |
| قاعدة البيانات: |
Networked Digital Library of Theses & Dissertations |