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Human-assisted spread of a maladaptive behavior in a critically endangered bird.

PloS one - 1 Jan 2013

Massaro Melanie, Sainudiin Raazesh, Merton Don, Briskie James V, Poole Anthony M, Hale Marie L

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Conservation management often focuses on counteracting the adverse effects of human activities on threatened populations. However, conservation measures may unintentionally relax selection by allowing the 'survival of the not-so-fit', increasing the risk of fixation of maladaptive traits. Here, we report such a case in the critically-endangered Chatham Island black robin (Petroica traversi) which, in 1980, was...

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PMID: 24348992
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079066
PMCID: PMC3857173

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