Phylogeography of the Black Kite (Milvus migrans) in Punjab Wetlands: Assessing genetic connectivity and lineage admixture at a migratory crossroads

• Muhammad Zeshan Haider ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zeshan.haider@iub.edu.pk (MZH); gulnaz.afzal@iub.edu.pk (GA)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1993-4121

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• Gulnaz Afzal ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: zeshan.haider@iub.edu.pk (MZH); gulnaz.afzal@iub.edu.pk (GA)

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Hafiz Ishfaq Ahmad,

  Roles Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Faculty of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Javed Hussain,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Iram Qadeer,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Zoology, The Govt. Sadiq College Women University, Bahawalpur, Pakistan

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• Shakeel Ahmed,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

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• Laila A. AL-Essa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Mathematical Sciences, College of Science, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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• Nisar Ahmad Koka,

  Roles Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation English Language Center, Vice-Presidency of Academic and Educational Affairs, King Khalid University, Abha, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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• Aiman A. Alsaegh,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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• Yehia Hazzazi

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Biology, College of Science, Jazan University, Jazan, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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