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Invader or resident? Ancient-DNA reveals rapid species turnover in New Zealand little penguins

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Grosser, Stefanie, Rawlence, Nicolas J., Anderson, Christian N. K., Smith, Ian W. G., Scofield, R. Paul, Waters, Jonathan M.·2016·Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
DOI 10.1098/rspb.2015.2879PMC PMC4760177
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The expansion of humans into previously unoccupied parts of the globe is thought to have driven the decline and extinction of numerous vertebrate species. In New Zealand, human settlement in the late thirteenth century AD led to the rapid demise of a distinctive vertebrate fauna, and also a number of 'turnover' events where extinct lineages were subsequently replaced by closely related taxa. The recent genetic detection of an Australian little penguin (Eudyptula novaehollandiae) in southeastern New Zealand may potentially represent an additional ‘cryptic’ invasion. Here we use ancient-DNA (aDNA) analysis and radiocarbon dating of pre-human, archaeological and historical Eudyptula remains to reveal that the arrival of E. novaehollandiae in New Zealand probably occurred between AD 1500 and 1900, following the anthropogenic decline of its sister taxon, the endemic Eudyptula minor. This rapid turnover event, revealed by aDNA, suggests that native species decline can be masked by invasive taxa, and highlights the potential for human-mediated biodiversity shifts.

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  • There are two congeneric taxa of little penguins; Eudyptula novaehollandiae occurring in Australia and south east New Zealand (Otago) and Eudyptula minor occurring in all other parts of New Zealand.

    “Research has suggested that there are two congeneric taxa of little penguins; Eudyptula novaehollandiae being little penguins occurring in Australia and south east New Zealand (Otago) and Eudyptula minor being little penguins occurring in all other parts of New Zealand (Peucker et al. 2009;Grosser et al. 2015Grosser et al. , 2016Grosser et al. , 2017)).”

    From Effects of the presence of zoo visitors on zoo‐housed little penguins ( <i>Eudyptula minor</i> ) (2022) · cites this paper as Grosser et al. 2016

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Grosser, S., Rawlence, N. J., Anderson, C. N. K., Smith, I. W. G., Scofield, R. P., & Waters, J. M.
Affiliations
  • Allan Wilson Centre (NZ)
  • Scripps Institution of Oceanography (US)
  • University of Otago (NZ)
  • Canterbury Museum (NZ)
Corresponding author
Grosser, Stefanie
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Venue
Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Publisher
The Royal Society
Published
2016-02-10
Volume
283
Issue
1824
Pages
20152879
ISSN
  • 0080-4649 (ISSN-L)
  • 0962-8452
  • 1471-2954
DOI
10.1098/rspb.2015.2879
PMC
PMC4760177
OpenAlex
W2289682228
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journal article
Language
en
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royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
Innovative Research Group Project of the National Natural Science Foundation of China
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Genetic diversity and population structure
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Forensic and Genetic Research
Keywords
little penguin, Eudyptula minor, species turnover, cryptic invasion, extinction, ancient DNA, radiocarbon dating, New Zealand
MeSH terms
Animals, DNA, Mitochondrial, Fossils, Molecular Sequence Data, New Zealand, Phylogeny, Sequence Analysis, DNA, Spheniscidae, Radiometric Dating, Animal Distribution

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