Mangrove Finch

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Critically Endangered Mangrove Finch Faces Dangerous Convergence of Predators, Parasites, and Hybridization

A new study shows that the native Galápagos Critically Endangered Mangrove Finch–which is imperiled by invasive predators and struggling to survive–is now threatened by inbreeding with a local woodpecker species.  The scientific journal Conservation Genetics has published a new study: “Slow motion extinction: inbreeding, introgression, and loss in the critically endangered mangrove finch,” explores the threats that […]

Written by on November 8, 2016