Has the debate over genetics and extinction of island endemics truly been resolved?

Animal Conservation

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 139-144

  Jamieson, Ian G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Extinction risk; Genetic diversity; Inbreeding; Introduced predators; Island birds

Indexed keywords

BIRD; CONSERVATION GENETICS; ENDEMIC SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GROWTH RATE; INBREEDING DEPRESSION; INTRODUCED SPECIES; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATION; RANGE SIZE; TAXONOMY;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 34247872841     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2006.00095.x     Document Type: Article

References (41)

1. Atkinson, I.A.E. (1985). The spread of commensal species of Rattus to oceanic islands and their effects on island avifaunas. In Conservation of island birds: 35-81. Moors, P.J. (Ed.). Cambridge, UK: International Council for Bird Preservation Technical Publication no. 3.
2. Bessinger, S.R. (2002). Population viability analysis: Past, present, future. In Population viability analysis: 5-17. Bessinger, S.R. & McCullough, D.R. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
3. Blackburn, T.M., Cassey, P., Duncan, R.P., Evans, K.L. & Gaston, K.J. (2004). Avian extinctions and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands. Science 305, 1955-1958.
4. Blackburn, T.M., Cassey, P., Duncan, R.P., Evans, K.L. & Gaston, K.J. (2005). Response to comment on "Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands". Science 307, 1412.
5. Boyce, M.S. (2002). Reconciling the small-population and the declining-population paradigms. In Population viability analysis: 41-49. Bessinger, S.R. & McCullough, D.R. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
6. Brook, B.W., Tonkyn, D.W., O'Grady, J.J. & Frankham, R. (2002). Contribution of inbreeding to extinction risk in threatened species. Conserv. Ecol. 6, 16. (online http://www.consecol.org/vol16/iss11/art16).
7. Caro, T.M & Laurenson, M.K. (1994). Ecological and genetic factors in conservation: A cautionary tale. Science 263, 485-486.
8. Caughley, G. (1994). Directions in conservation biology. J. Anim. Ecol. 63, 215-244.
9. Clout, M. (2001). Where protection is not enough: Active conservation in New Zealand. Trends Ecol. Evol. 16, 415-416.
10. Didham, R.K., Ewers, R.M. & Gemmell, N.J. (2005). Comment on "Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands". Science 307, 1412.
11. Duncan, R.P. & Blackburn, T.M. (2004). Extinction and endemism in the New Zealand avifauna. Global Ecol. Biogeogr. 13, 509-517.
12. Frankham, R. (1995). Inbreeding and extinction: A threshold effect. Conserv. Biol. 9, 792-799.
13. Frankham, R. (1997). Do island populations have less genetic variation than mainland populations? Heredity 78, 311-327.
14. Frankham, R. (1998). Inbreeding and extinction: Island populations. Conserv. Biol. 12, 665-675.
15. Frankham, R. (2005). Genetics and extinction. Biol. Conserv. 126, 131-140.
16. Frankham, R., Ballou, J.D. & Briscoe, D.A. (2002). Introduction to conservation genetics. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
17. Frankham, R., Gilligan, D.M., Morris, D. & Briscoe, D.A. (2001). Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of purging. Conserv. Gene. 2, 279-285.
18. Halliday, T. (1978). Vanishing birds: Their natural history and conservation. London, UK: Hutchinson.
19. Hay, J.M, Daugherty, C.H., Cree, A. & Maxson, L.R. (2003). Low genetic divergence obscures phylogeny among populations of Sphenodon, remnant of an ancient reptile lineage. Mol. Phylogen. Evol. 29, 1-19.
20. Hedrick, P.W., Lacy, R.C., Allendorf, F.W. & Soule, M.E. (1996). Directions in conservation biology: Comments on Caughley. Conserv. Biol. 10, 1312-1320.
21. Holdaway, R.N. (1999). Introduced predators and avifaunal extinction in New Zealand. In Extinctions in near time: 189-238. McPhee, R.D. (Ed.). New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
22. Hooson, S. & Jamieson, I.G. (2003). The distribution and current status of the New Zealand Saddleback Philesturnus carunculatus. Bird Conserv. Inter. 13, 79-95.
23. Ingvarsson, P.K. (2001). Restoration of genetic variation lost-the genetic rescue hypothesis. Trends Ecol. Evol. 16, 62-63.
24. IUCN (2006). 2006 IUCN Red List of threatened species. . Downloaded on 16 August 2006.
25. Jamieson, I.G., Grueber, C.E., Waters, J. & Gleeson, D. Managing genetic diversity in threatened populations: A New Zealand perspective. NZ J. Ecol. (in press).
26. Jamieson, I.G., Wallis, G.P. & Briskie, J.V. (2006). Inbreeding and endangered species management: Is New Zealand out-of-step with the rest of the world? Conserv. Biol. 20, 38-47.
27. Johnson, N.K., Marten, J.A. & Ralph, C.J. (1989). Genetic evidence for the origin and relationships of Hawaiian honeycreepers (Aves: Fringillidae). Condor 91, 379-396.
28. Lande, R. (1988). Genetics and demography in biological conservation. Science 241, 1455-1460.
29. Merton, D.V. (1975). The saddleback: Its status and conservation. In Breeding endangered species in captivity: 61-74. Martin, R.D. (Ed.). London: Academic Press.
30. Miller, H.C., Lambert, D.M., Millar, C.D., Robertson, B.C. & Minot, E.O. (2003). Minisatellite DNA profiling detects lineages and parentage in the endangered Kakapo (Strigops habroptilus) despite low microsatellite DNA variation. Conserv. Gene. 4, 265-274.
31. O'Grady, J.J., Brook, B.W., Reed, D.H., Ballou, J.D., Tonkyn, D.W. & Frankham, R. (2006). Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations. Biol. Conserv. 133, 42-51.
32. Pimm, S.L., Dollar, L. & Bass, O.L. Jr. (2006). The genetic rescue of the Florida panther. Anim. Conserv. 9, 115-122.
33. Reed, D.H., Lowe, E., Briscoe, D.A. & Frankham, R. (2003). Inbreeding and extinction: Effects of rate of inbreeding. Conserv. Gene. 4, 405-410.
34. Shaffer, M., Watchman, L.H., Snape, W.J. & Latchis, I.K. (2002). Population viability analysis and conservation policy. In Population viability analysis: 123-142. Bessinger, S.R. & McCullough, D.R. (Eds). Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
35. Spielman, D., Brook, B. & Frankham, R. (2004). Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 15261-15264.
36. Tallmon, D.A., Luikart, G. & Waples, R.S. (2004). The alluring simplicity and complex reality of genetic rescue. Trends Ecol. Evol. 19, 489-496.
37. Taylor, S.S. (2006). The genetic and conservation consequences of species translocation in New Zealand saddleback and robin. PhD thesis, University of Otago, Dunedin.
38. Taylor, S.S., Jamieson, I.G. & Armstrong, D.P. (2005). Successful island reintroductions of New Zealand robins and saddlebacks with small numbers of founders. Anim. Conserv. 8, 415-420.
39. Wilcove, D., Rothstein, D., Dubow, J., Phillips, A. & Losos, E. (1998). Quantifying threats to imperilled species in the United States. BioScience 48, 607-615.
40. Wilson, K.-J. (2004). Flight of the huia. Christchurch, New Zealand: Canterbury University Press.
41. Worthy, T.H. & Holdaway, R.N. (2002). The lost world of the moa. Bloomington, USA: Indiana University Press.