Genetic, but Not Behavioral, Evidence Supports the Distinctiveness of the Mealy Amazon Parrot in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Species and Data Summary
2.2. Phylogenetic Analysis and Haplotype Network
2.3. Genetic Differentiation
2.4. Acoustic Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Phylogenetic Tree and Haplotype Network
3.2. Genetic Differentiation
3.3. Call Similarity between Subspecies
3.4. Assessment of Genetic Distance and Vocal Divergence
4. Discussion
4.1. Genetic Relationships of the Mealy Amazon Clades
4.2. Utility of Behavioral Variation for Detecting Cryptic Species
4.3. Conservation Implications
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Hellmich, D.L.; Saidenberg, A.B.S.; Wright, T.F. Genetic, but Not Behavioral, Evidence Supports the Distinctiveness of the Mealy Amazon Parrot in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Diversity 2021, 13, 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060273
Hellmich DL, Saidenberg ABS, Wright TF. Genetic, but Not Behavioral, Evidence Supports the Distinctiveness of the Mealy Amazon Parrot in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Diversity. 2021; 13(6):273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060273
Chicago/Turabian StyleHellmich, Dominique L., Andre B. S. Saidenberg, and Timothy F. Wright. 2021. "Genetic, but Not Behavioral, Evidence Supports the Distinctiveness of the Mealy Amazon Parrot in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest" Diversity 13, no. 6: 273. https://doi.org/10.3390/d13060273