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--Molecular--and--acoustic--evidence--support--the--species--status--of--Anthus rubescens rubescens and--Anthus [rubescens] japonicus--(Passeriformes:--Motacillidae)

  • 1. CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
  • 2. LPO France, 1 rue Toufaire, 17300 Rochefort, France & paulcoiffard41@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5109-8429
  • 3. Animal Ecology, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Centre, Uppsala University, Norbyvägen 18D, 752 36 Uppsala, Sweden & Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China & per.alstrom@ebc.uu.se; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7182-2763
  • 4. The Sound Approach, Carey House, Carey, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 7PG, United Kingdom & magnus.robb@me.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9995-6667
  • 5. CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France & paul.dufour80@gmail.com; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7940-9997
  • 6. CEFE, CNRS, Univ Montpellier, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France & pierre-andre.crochet@cefe.cnrs.fr; https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0422-3960

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Doniol-Valcroze, Paul, Coiffard, Paul, Alström, Per, Robb, Magnus, Dufour, Paul, Crochet, Pierre-André (2023): --Molecular--and--acoustic--evidence--support--the--species--status--of--Anthus rubescens rubescens and--Anthus [rubescens] japonicus--(Passeriformes:--Motacillidae). Zootaxa 5343 (2): 173-192, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.4, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5343.2.4

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