Major specialized natural products from the endangered plant Heptacodium miconioides, potential medicinal uses and insights into its longstanding unresolved …

ZY Zhao, J Wan, HW Chen, ZS Sun, YT Tao, Y Tong… - Phytochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
A comprehensive phytochemical investigation of the flower buds and leaves/twigs of
Heptacodium miconioides, a cultivated ornamental plant native to China and categorized as …

Gaps in genetic knowledge affect conservation management of kiwi (Apteryx) species

M Undin, SFK Hills, PJ Lockhart, I Castro - Ibis, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Worldwide, there is growing appreciation of the importance of integrating genetic information
into conservation management. However, there are commonly occurring problems which …

Genetic rescue and the plight of Ponui hybrids

M Undin, PJ Lockhart, SFK Hills… - Frontiers in Conservation …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Long-term sustainable and resilient populations is a key goal of conservation. How to best
achieve this is controversial. There are, for instance, polarized views concerning the fitness …

History repeats: large scale synchronous biological turnover in avifauna from the Plio-Pleistocene and Late Holocene of New Zealand

NJ Rawlence, RP Scofield, MS McGlone… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
New Zealand's unique biodiversity has long been considered both the product of a 'Moa's
Ark'isolationist experiment since the break-up of Gondwana and the result of millions of …

The Neotropical Fomitiporia (Hymenochaetales, Basidiomycota): the redefinition of F. apiahyna ss allows revealing a high hidden species diversity

G Alves-Silva, MA Reck, RMB da Silveira… - Mycological …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Neotropical species Fomitiporia apiahyna was repeatedly shown to form a
lineage with multiple sublineages that could correspond to different phylogenetic species …

Utilizing museomics to trace the complex history and species boundaries in an avian-study system of conservation concern

M Ernst, KA Jønsson, PGP Ericson, MPK Blom… - Heredity, 2022 - nature.com
A taxonomic classification that accurately captures evolutionary history is essential for
conservation. Genomics provides powerful tools for delimiting species and understanding …

Morphometric analyses of New Zealand giant vegetable sheep lead to the recognition of its two varieties as species: Haastia pulvinaris and Haastia minor …

CC Nicholls, I Breitwieser, JM Ward… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Haastia pulvinaris (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) is endemic to alpine ecosystems
in the north-eastern mountains of the Southern Alps of Te Waipounamu–South Island of …

In defence of taxonomic governance

S Conix - Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 2019 - Springer
It is well known that taxonomists rely on many different methods and criteria for species
delimitation, leading to different kinds of groups being recognised as species. While this …

Showcasing the application of genetics for the conservation management of austral birds

HR Taylor, AM Kearns - Emu-Austral Ornithology, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Globally, at least 40% of bird species are in decline and one in eight species are at risk of
extinction (Birdlife International 2018a). Owing to the complex and interconnected causes of …

Relictual Hybridization and Biogeography of Massasauga Rattlesnakes (Sistrurus spp.)

BT Martin, MR Douglas, TK Chafin, JS Placyk Jr… - bioRxiv, 2022 - biorxiv.org
Climate change inevitably leaves behind a genetic footprint within phylogeographic legacies
of affected species, as individuals are driven to either disperse to track suitable conditions or …