Institution
NCCOS Hollings Marine Laboratory
USfacility
Recent research
- Biology
Reticulated adaptive radiation and phylogenomic diversity loss in the Hawaiian honeycreepers
The Hawaiian honeycreepers, one of the world’s most iconic adaptive radiations, are facing a human-mediated extinction crisis. More than 60 Hawaiian honeycreepers (Fringillidae: Carduelinae: Drepanidini) evolved from a single rosefinch-like ancestor that colonized the Hawaiian Is...