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Behavioral Ecology, Taxonomy, And Conservation Genetics Of The Bahama Oriole (Icterus Northropi), Melissa R. Price
Behavioral Ecology, Taxonomy, And Conservation Genetics Of The Bahama Oriole (Icterus Northropi), Melissa R. Price
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In this dissertation, I examined the Bahama Oriole (Icterus northropi) at multiple scales, with the aim of developing a sound management plan for this critically endangered bird. In the first of five studies, I measured plumage variation among four allopatric populations of the former Icterus dominicensis complex in the Caribbean. Diagnosable plumage differences among populations contributed to the subsequent elevation of each of these populations (including northropi) to species status. In the second study, I examined molecular variation in subpopulations of 1. northropi on North Andros, Mangrove Cay, and South Andros, The Bahamas. I identified several patterns of genetic variation …