Per Alström, Author at British Ornithologists' Union

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Per Alström

Per Alström is a Professor, working at the Department of Ecology and Genetics at Uppsala University, Sweden. He is also associated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences, where he was a Visiting Professor in 2012–2014. His main interests are taxonomy, systematics and speciation, and he has published a large number of scientific and popular science papers as well as two books and several book chapters. He has travelled widely, especially in Asia, where he has spent altogether several years in the field since 1982.

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A proliferation of prinia species

By Per Alström|2020-12-15T15:02:17+00:006 Jan 2020|biodiversity, morphology, phylogeny, systematics, vocalisations, vocalizations|

Five instead of two species in the Striated Prinia–Brown Prinia complex revealed

Same but different

By Per Alström|2020-10-16T11:44:42+00:003 Dec 2018|phylogeny, Taxonomy|

Similar appearances do not necessarily reflect close relationships in leaf warblers

Explosive wagtail evolution

By Per Alström|2021-02-19T18:52:01+00:001 Oct 2018|evolution, News, phylogeny, plumage|

Plumage phenotypes, mitochondrial DNA and nuclear DNA tell different stories

More species of Magpie than previously thought?

By Per Alström|2021-02-25T14:29:53+00:0013 Aug 2018|evolution|

Is the Eurasian Magpie better treated as five different species?

Evolution of a mountain specialist family, the accentors

By Per Alström|2021-03-03T15:01:44+00:0016 Jul 2018|evolution, Taxonomy|

How accentors have diverged and expanded rapidly across the Palearctic

Rufous-headed Robin – on the brink of extinction?

By Per Alström|2021-04-22T12:46:53+00:0011 Dec 2017|distribution, phylogeny, song|

Or has the Rufous-headed Robin already gone extinct?