Population genetic connectivity of an endemic New Zealand passerine after large‐scale local extirpations: a model of re‐colonization potential

• Published in: Ibis
• Main Authors: Baillie, Shauna M., Ritchie, Peter A., Brunton, Dianne H.
• Other Authors: Voelker, Gary
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2014
• Subjects: Antarctic; Matangi; New Zealand; Antarc*; Auckland Islands
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ibi.12182; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fibi.12182; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/ibi.12182

Little is known about how a 70% loss of native forests has affected the genetic connectivity of remnant bird populations in New Zealand. We use the common and widely distributed New Zealand Bellbird Anthornis melanura as an indicator species of population connectivity for well‐flighted birds. Using...