Museomics sheds light on evolutionary diversity in a critically endangered cockatoo species from Wallacea

AA Andersson, AF Sands, K Reid, T Hains… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate identification of evolutionarily significant units of rare and threatened organisms
provides a foundation for effective management and conservation. Up to seven subspecies …

High dispersal ability versus migratory traditions: Fine‐scale population structure and post‐glacial colonisation in bar‐tailed godwits

JR Conklin, YI Verkuil, MJM Lefebvre… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In migratory animals, high mobility may reduce population structure through increased
dispersal and enable adaptive responses to environmental change, whereas rigid migratory …

Global extinction of Slender‐billed Curlew (Numenius tenuirostris)

GM Buchanan, B Chapple, AJ Berryman, N Crockford… - Ibis, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the current biodiversity crisis, conservation efforts are often focused on extinction
prevention. However, it can be difficult to determine if a species is extinct, especially if the …

[HTML][HTML] Long-read sequencing and genome assembly of natural history collection samples and challenging specimens

B Bein, I Chrysostomakis, LS Arantes, T Brown… - …, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Museum collections harbor millions of samples, largely unutilized for long-read sequencing.
Here, we use ethanol-preserved samples containing kilobase-sized DNA to show that …

Phylogeography of bar-tailed godwits: pre-LGM structure in Beringia and westward colonization of post-glacial Europe

JR Conklin, YI Verkuil, MJM Lefebvre, PF Battley… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
In migratory birds, high mobility may reduce population structure through increased
dispersal and enable adaptive responses to environmental change, whereas rigid migratory …

Tropical island endemic birds' demographic responses to climate are modulated by habitat availability and species traits

R Karjee, V Iyer, D Chatterjee, R Ray, KM Garg… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Tropical islands are ideal test sites for evolution in isolation. One reason for this is their
complex geologic pasts which have affected their species distribution patterns. Birds are a …

[PDF][PDF] Validity of the fifth primary pattern as a distinguishing feature in Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus subspecies, with particular emphasis on Steppe …

J JANSEN - researchgate.net
This paper assesses the use of the patterning of P5 and P6 in distinguishing Steppe
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus alboaxillaris from Eurasian Whimbrel N. p. phaeopus as …