Taxonomic and conservation implications of ecological speciation in Nesospiza buntings on Tristan da Cunha

• Published in: Bird Conservation International
• Main Author: Ryan, Peter G.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 2008
• Subjects: Nature and Landscape Conservation; Animal Science and Zoology; Ecology; Tristan; Inaccessible Island; Inaccessible Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s095927090800004x; https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S095927090800004X

Abstract In addition to protecting species, conservation also includes the maintenance of evolutionary processes, but this aspect is often overlooked. Nesospiza buntings provide a good case study of the need to conserve evolutionary processes. They are endemic to the South Atlantic Tristan da Cunha...