Speciation and hybridisation in skuas (Catharacta spp.) [Elektronische Ressource] / von Markus Ritz

Mixed pair of South Polar Skua male (left) and Brown Skua female Speciation and hybridisation in skuas (Catharacta spp.) Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades doctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.) vorgelegt dem Rat der Biologisch-Pharmazeutischen Fakultät der Friedrich-Schiller- Universität Jena am 4.12.2008 und am 16.3.2009 verteidigt von Diplom-Biologe Markus Ritz geboren am 17.08.1976 in Dresden Gutachter: Prof. Stefan Halle, Jena Prof. Gerald Heckel, Bern, Schweiz Prof. Peter de Knijff, Leiden, Niederlande Markus Ritz: Speciation and hybridisation in skuas CONTENT INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 1 Speciation and hybridisation .................................................................................................. 1 Phylogeography and glaciation .............................................................................................. 3 Skua diversity ......................................................................................................................... 4 Hybridisation between southern skua taxa ............................................................................. 7 AIMS OF THE STUDY .................................................................................................................... 8 MANUSCRIPT 1 ...........................