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Geographically contrasting biodiversity reductions in a widespread New Zealand seabird.
Molecular ecology - 1 Sept 2015
Rawlence Nicolas J, Kennedy Martyn, Anderson Christian N K, Prost Stefan, Till Charlotte E, Smith Ian W G, Scofield R Paul, Tennyson Alan J D, Hamel Jill, Lalas Chris, Matisoo-Smith Elizabeth A, Waters Jonathan M
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Unravelling prehistoric anthropogenic impacts on biodiversity represents a key challenge for biologists and archaeologists. New Zealand's endemic Stewart Island Shag (Leucocarbo chalconotus) comprises two distinct phylogeographic lineages, currently restricted to the country's south and southeast. However, fossil and archaeological remains suggest a far more widespread distribution at the time of Polynesian...
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