| contrasting patterns of mitochondrial and microsatellite genetic structure among western european populations of tawny owls (strix aluco). | a recent study of mitochondrial phylogeography of tawny owls (strix aluco) in western europe suggested that this species survived the pleistocene glaciations in three allopatric refugia located in iberia, italy, and the balkans, and the latter was likely the predominant source of postglacial colonization of northern europe. new data from seven microsatellite loci from 184 individual owls distributed among 14 populations were used to assess the genetic congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial ... | 2007 | 17688543 |