Founder takes all: density-dependent processes structure biodiversity

JM Waters, CI Fraser, GM Hewitt - Trends in ecology & evolution, 2013 - cell.com
Density-dependent processes play a key role in the spatial structuring of biodiversity.
Specifically, interrelated demographic processes, such as gene surfing, high-density …

New Zealand phylogeography: evolution on a small continent

GP Wallis, SA Trewick - Molecular ecology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
New Zealand has long been a conundrum to biogeographers, possessing as it does
geophysical and biotic features characteristic of both an island and a continent. This schism …

[LIVRE][B] Penguins: natural history and conservation

PG Borboroglu, PD Boersma - 2015 - books.google.com
Penguins, among the most delightful creatures in the world, are also among the most
vulnerable. The fragile status of most penguin populations today mirrors the troubled …

Extinct birds

JP Hume - 2017 - books.google.com
A comprehensive review of the hundreds of bird species that have become extinct over the
last 1,000 years of habitat degradation, over-hunting and rat introduction. Extinct Birds has …

[PDF][PDF] Mutualisms with the wreckage of an avifauna: the status of bird pollination and fruit-dispersal in New Zealand

D Kelly, JJ Ladley, AW Robertson… - … Zealand Journal of …, 2010 - newzealandecology.org
Worldwide declines in bird numbers have recently renewed interest in how well bird–plant
mutualisms are functioning. In New Zealand, it has been argued that bird pollination was …

Evolutionary innovation and ecology in marine tetrapods from the Triassic to the Anthropocene

NP Kelley, ND Pyenson - Science, 2015 - science.org
BACKGROUND More than 30 different lineages of amphibians, reptiles, birds, and
mammals have independently invaded oceans ecosystems. Prominent examples include …

A New Dolphin Species, the Burrunan Dolphin Tursiops australis sp. nov., Endemic to Southern Australian Coastal Waters

K Charlton-Robb, L Gershwin, R Thompson, J Austin… - Plos one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Small coastal dolphins endemic to south-eastern Australia have variously been assigned to
described species Tursiops truncatus, T. aduncus or T. maugeanus; however the specific …

Subsistence practices, past biodiversity, and anthropogenic impacts revealed by New Zealand-wide ancient DNA survey

FV Seersholm, TL Cole, A Grealy… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Identifying mechanisms of genetic differentiation among populations in vagile species: historical factors dominate genetic differentiation in seabirds

AJ Lombal, JE O'dwyer, V Friesen… - Biological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Elucidating the factors underlying the origin and maintenance of genetic variation among
populations is crucial for our understanding of their ecology and evolution, and also to help …

Competitive exclusion: phylogeography's 'elephant in the room'?

JM Waters - Molecular Ecology, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Phylogeographic and evolutionary research programmes have successfully elucidated
compelling genetic signatures of earth history. Particularly influential achievements include …