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- Title
Cover Caption.
- Abstract
: The Takahe ( Porphyrio hochstetteri), once widespread throughout New Zealand, was thought to be extinct by the end of the 1800s. In 1948 a remnant population was rediscovered in a remote region of the country's South Island. As of 2007, 72 birds descended from 18 founders were distributed across 4 islands off the coast of New Zealand. Grueber et al. (pages 1617-1625) evaluated the effect of inbreeding depression across all life-history stages of the Takahe. Although levels at each stage were low, accumulated inbreeding depression ultimately reduced long-term fitness. These results suggest that even species with high historical levels of inbreeding can lose fitness as a result of recent inbreeding.
- Subjects
SOUTH Island (N.Z.); NEW Zealand; TAKAHE (Bird); INBREEDING; BIRD conservation; BIRD populations
- Publication
Conservation Biology, 2010, Vol 24, Issue 6, pi
- ISSN
0888-8892
- Publication type
Other
- DOI
10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01614.x