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Drastic population fluctuations explain the rapid extinction of the passenger pigeon

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Hung, Chih-Ming, Shaner, Pei-Jen L., Zink, Robert M., Liu, Wei-Chung, Chu, Te-Chin, Huang, Wen-San, Li, Shou-Hsien·2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI 10.1073/pnas.1401526111PMC PMC4115547

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Significance: The number of passenger pigeons went from billions to zero in mere decades, in contrast to conventional wisdom that enormous population size provides a buffer against extinction. Our understanding of the passenger pigeon’s extinction, however, has been limited by a lack of knowledge of its long-term population history. Here we use both genomic and ecological analyses to show that the passenger pigeon was not always super abundant, but experienced dramatic population fluctuations, which could increase its vulnerability to human exploitation. Our study demonstrates that high-throughput–based ancient DNA analyses combined with ecological niche modeling can provide evidence allowing us to assess factors that led to the surprisingly rapid demise of the passenger pigeon.

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Authors: Hung, C.-M., Shaner, P.-J. L., Zink, R. M., Liu, W.-C., Chu, T.-C., Huang, W.-S., & Li, S.-H.
Affiliations: National Taiwan Normal University (TW)
Department of Life Science and
University of Minnesota (US)
Institute of Statistical Science, Academia Sinica (TW)
National Chung Hsing University (TW)
ORCID: Hung, Chih-Ming
Shaner, Pei-Jen L.
Zink, Robert M.
Liu, Wei-Chung
Huang, Wen-San
Li, Shou-Hsien
Venue: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher: National Academy of Sciences
Published: 2014-06-16
Volume: 111
Issue: 29
Pages: 10636-10641
ISSN: 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
1091-6490
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1401526111
PMC: PMC4115547
OpenAlex: W2136216597
Cited by: 186
References: 50
Citations by year: 2026: 12 · 2025: 15 · 2024: 9 · 2023: 20 · 2022: 20 · 2021: 20 · 2020: 14 · 2019: 15 · 2018: 12 · 2017: 21 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 10 · 2014: 6
FWCI: 10.73
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: bronze
doi.org
Locations: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
NCHU Institutional Repository CRIS (submittedVersion)
Funders: National Science Council
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Avian ecology and behavior
Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
Keywords: passenger pigeon, extinct species, population fluctuations, effective population size, human-driven extinction, human disturbance, species vulnerability
MeSH terms: Animals, Chromosome Mapping, Food Supply, Geography, Markov Chains, Columbidae, Population Density, Population Dynamics, United States, Genome, Quercus, Extinction, Biological

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