The exhibition of increasingly intensive and complex niche construction behaviors through
time is a key feature of human evolution, culminating in the advanced capacity for ecosystem …

Ancient DNA (aDNA) has played a major role in our understanding of the past. Important
advances in the sequencing and analysis of aDNA from a range of organisms have enabled …

New Zealand had no people or four-footed mammals of any size until it was colonised by
Polynesian voyagers and Pacific rats in c. 1280 AD. Between 1769 and 1920 AD …

New Zealand's geographic isolation, lack of native terrestrial mammals, and Gondwanan
origins make it an ideal location to study evolutionary processes. However, since the …

Ecosystem-based management (EBM) is a potential antidote to the alleviation of multiple
stressors in highly-valued and contested marine environments. An understanding of the …

Fish are the most diverse group of vertebrates, fulfil important ecological functions and are of
significant economic interest for aquaculture and wild fisheries. Advances in DNA extraction …

Methodological and technological improvements are continually revolutionizing the field of
ancient DNA. Most ancient DNA extraction methods require the partial (or complete) …

Abstract The Southern Ocean represents a continuous stretch of circumpolar marine habitat,
but the potential physical and ecological drivers of evolutionary genetic differentiation across …

The information contained in population genomic data can tell us much about the past
ecology and evolution of species. We leveraged detailed phenotypic and genomic data of …

Island endemic species are often vulnerable to decline and extinction following human
settlement, and the genetic study of historical museum specimens can be useful in …