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Genomic erosion in a demographically recovered bird species during conservation rescue.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Aug 2022
Jackson Hazel A, Percival-Alwyn Lawrence, Ryan Camilla, Albeshr Mohammed F, Venturi Luca, Morales Hernán E, Mathers Thomas C, Cocker Jonathan, Speak Samuel A, Accinelli Gonzalo G, Barker Tom, Heavens Darren, Willman Faye, Dawson Deborah, Ward Lauren, Tatayah Vikash, Zuël Nicholas, Young Richard, Concannon Lianne, Whitford Harriet, Clavijo Bernardo, Bunbury Nancy, Tyler Kevin M, Ruhomaun Kevin, Grace Molly K, Bruford Michael W, Jones Carl G, Tollington Simon, Bell Diana J, Groombridge Jim J, Clark Matt, Van Oosterhout Cock
Abstract excerpt
The pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) is an endemic species of Mauritius that has made a remarkable recovery after a severe population bottleneck in the 1970s to early 1990s. Prior to this bottleneck, an ex situ population was established from which captive-bred individuals were released into free-living subpopulations to increase population size and genetic variation. This conservation rescue led to rapid population...
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