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- Title
Genetic evidence of hybridization of the world's most endangered tern, the Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini.
- Authors
Yang, Jia; Chen, Guoling; Yuan, Leyang; Huang, Qin; Fan, Zhongyong; Lu, Yiwei; Liu, Yang; Chen, Shuihua
- Abstract
We collected multi‐locus data to test whether hybridization has occurred between a critically endangered waterbird, the Chinese Crested Tern Thalasseus bernsteini, and the Greater Crested Tern Thalasseus bergii. Phylogenetic analysis shows these two tern species are sister species, having diverged < 1 million years ago. Our findings suggest a grave threat to the survival of the Chinese Crested Tern, and illustrate the need for conservation managers to monitor further hybridization of this endangered tern species.
- Subjects
CHINA; BIRD hybridization; GREATER crested tern; INTROGRESSION (Genetics); PHYLOGENY; ENDANGERED species; BIRDS
- Publication
Ibis, 2018, Vol 160, Issue 4, p900
- ISSN
0019-1019
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/ibi.12616