Black hawk-eagle(Spizaetus tyrannus)identified by DNA from a feather recovered in the rain-forest region of Veracruz
| Autor: | Noemí Matías-Ferrer, Marisela Martínez-Ruiz, Jonathan Morales-Contreras, Patricia Escalante |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
0301 basic medicine biology Ecology Endangered species Rainforest biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Natural area DNA barcoding Tropical rain forest 03 medical and health sciences 030104 developmental biology Feather visual_art Black hawk-eagle visual_art.visual_art_medium Spizaetus Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | The Southwestern Naturalist. 61:137-142 |
| ISSN: | 1943-6262 0038-4909 |
| Popis: | We document the occurrence of a black hawk-eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus) in tropical rain forest in the Los Tuxtlas Biosphere Reserve, Veracruz, Mexico, based on two sequence fragments of mitochondrial genes—cytochrome c oxidase I (DNA barcode) and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide dehydrogenase 2—taken from a feather recovered from the field. This record is significant because it documents the occurrence of the species in an area with few reliable reports of its occurrence and illustrates the use of genetic identification to confirm the presence of a species in an area. Given that the black hawk-eagle is considered endangered in Mexico, the presence of this species in a natural area is important information relative to conservation efforts. |
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