Using single nucleotide polymorphisms and mitochondrial DNA sequences we find some evidence of genetic structure within a widespread and naturally fragmented species, the purple-gaped honeyeater (Lichenostomus cratitius), of southern Australian mallee shrublands. The very earliest stages of differentiation either side of the Nullarbor Barrier may already have been arrested by gene flow, some of which may have been anthropogenically induced.
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23 December 2020
Genomic data show little geographical structure across the naturally fragmented range of the purple-gaped honeyeater
Leo Joseph,
Catriona D. Campbell,
Lynn Pedler,
Alex Drew
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Australian Journal of Zoology
Vol. 67 • No. 4
January 2021
Vol. 67 • No. 4
January 2021
Eyrean Barrier
honeyeater
Lichenostomus
Nullarbor Barrier
PHYLOGEOGRAPHY
purple-gaped honeyeater
southern Australia