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Population divergence and gene flow in an endangered and highly mobile seabird.
Heredity - 1 Jul 2012
Welch A J, Fleischer R C, James H F, Wiley A E, Ostrom P H, Adams J, Duvall F, Holmes N, Hu D, Penniman J, Swindle K A
Abstract excerpt
Seabirds are highly vagile and can disperse up to thousands of kilometers, making it difficult to identify the factors that promote isolation between populations. The endemic Hawaiian petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis) is one such species. Today it is endangered, and known to breed only on the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Lanai and Kauai. Historical records indicate that a large population formerly bred on Molokai as...
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