Quick correction: I call the episode on sibling species episode 37 in the audio, but it's actually episode 47!
Way back in the early days of Biopedia, we discussed the concept of sibling species. Now, we're talking about cryptic species. Are these the same concept? Well, as we will see today, it's complicated...
Sources for this episode:
- Allaby, M. (editor) (2020), Oxford Dictionary of Zoology. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Bickford, D., Lohman, D. J., Sodhi, N. S., Ng, P. K. L., Meier, R., Winker, K., Ingram, K. K. and Das, I. (2007), Cryptic species as a window on diversity and conservation. TRENDS in Ecology and Evolution 22(3): 148-155.
- Herron, J. C., and Freeman, S. (2015), Evolutionary Analysis. Harlow: Pearson Education Ltd.
- Hine, R. (2019), A Dictionary of Biology (Oxford Quick Reference), 8th edition, Oxford, Oxford University Press.
- Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), Species complex (online) (Accessed 25/07/2024).
