Species delimitation using genomic data to resolve taxonomic uncertainties in a speciation continuum of pelagic seabirds

JF Obiol, JM Herranz, JR Paris, JR Whiting… - Molecular Phylogenetics …, 2023 - Elsevier
Speciation is a continuous and complex process shaped by the interaction of numerous
evolutionary forces. Despite the continuous nature of the speciation process, the …

Living in a post‐industrial landscape: repeated patterns of genetic divergence in brown trout (Salmo trutta L.) across the British Isles

DR Osmond, RA King, IRM Russo… - Diversity and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim The British Isles have been worked for millennia to extract metal ores to feed
industrial development, leaving a legacy of mine water pollution that continues to impact …

Fine-scale population genetic structure and barriers to gene flow in a widespread seabird (Ardenna pacifica)

RW Herman, BM Winger, DL Dittmann… - Biological Journal of …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Pelagic seabirds are highly mobile, reducing opportunities for population isolation that might
promote differentiation and speciation. At the same time, many seabirds are philopatric, and …

Living in a post-industrial landscape

DR Osmond, RA King, IRM Russo, MW Bruford… - Diversity and …, 2024 - JSTOR
Aim: The British Isles have been worked for millennia to extract metal ores to feed industrial
development, leaving a legacy of mine water pollution that continues to impact freshwater …

Rapid radiation of Southern Ocean shags in response to receding sea ice

NJ Rawlence, AT Salis, HG Spencer… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Understanding how natural populations respond to climatic shifts is a fundamental goal
of biological research in a fast‐changing world. The Southern Ocean represents a …

Contrasting patterns of population structure of Bulwer's petrel (Bulweria bulwerii) between oceans revealed by statistical phylogeography

MC Silva, P Catry, J Bried, K Kawakami, E Flint… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
The patterns of population divergence of mid-latitude marine birds are impacted by only a
few biogeographic barriers to dispersal and the effect of intrinsic factors, such as fidelity to …

Pervasive and recurrent hybridisation prevents inbreeding depression in Europe's most threatened seabird

G Izquierdo-Aranega, C Cuevas-Caballe, F Giannelli… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Hybridisation is a double-edged sword: while it can erode distinct evolutionary lineages, it
can also introduce genetic diversity and adaptive potential into dwindling populations. In the …

Isolation and characterization of 50 microsatellite loci for two shearwater species, Ardenna pacifica and Puffinus bailloni

H Teixeira, M Le Corre, A Jaeger, A Choeur… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Abstract Background Shearwaters (order Procellariiformes) are an excellent study system to
investigate the genetic consequences of the co-called “seabird paradox”, as they are able to …

Wading In: Introduction to Fish-Birds

DG Ainley, RP Wilson - The Aquatic World of Penguins: Biology of Fish …, 2023 - Springer
In this introductory chapter, we explain why the first Europeans to encounter penguins at
sea, back in the 1500s, were not all that far off in their opinion that penguins were some sort …

The role and ontogeny of maps in long-distance animal navigation

J Morford - 2023 - ora.ox.ac.uk
Impressive feats of long-distance animal navigation raise questions relating to the proximate
causes of such behaviours: what mechanisms facilitate long-distance animal navigation …