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Willowbank Wildlife Reserve

Despite major conservation efforts, populations of New Zealand’s iconic kiwi are more vulnerable than people realise

Isabel Castro, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Gillian Gibb, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University; Malin Undin, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University, and Tom Doig, Te Kunenga ki Pūrehuroa – Massey University

Kiwi are often moved between fragmented populations to limit inbreeding, but without sufficient genetic screening, this risks doing more harm than good.

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