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King penguin population on Macquarie Island recovers ancient DNA diversity after heavy exploitation in historic times.
Biology letters - 23 Aug 2012
Heupink Tim H, van den Hoff John, Lambert David M
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Historically, king penguin populations on Macquarie Island have suffered greatly from human exploitation. Two large colonies on the island were drastically reduced to a single small colony as a result of harvesting for the blubber oil industry. However, recent conservation efforts have resulted i...
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