10.5061/DRYAD.PZGMSBCN6
Canteri, Elisabetta
0000-0001-9867-8247
University of Adelaide
Fordham, Damien
University of Adelaide
Li, Sen
University of Copenhagen
Hosner, Peter
University of Copenhagen
Rahbek, Carsten
University of Copenhagen
Nogues-Bravo, David
University of Copenhagen
IUCN Red List protects avian genetic diversity
Dryad
dataset
2021
FOS: Biological sciences
2021-10-22T00:00:00Z
2021-10-22T00:00:00Z
en
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5541164
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Despite well-established links between low genetic diversity and
extinction processes, intra-specific genetic diversity is rarely
considered in global conservation assessments, potentially leading to
biased estimates of species’ extinction risk. We show that birds ranked as
“threatened” by the IUCN Red List have lower intra-specific genetic
diversity than “non-threatened” species, confirming that threat criteria,
used by the IUCN, effectively protect genetically depleted species.
However, some “non-threatened” species harbour low levels of genetic
diversity, indicating an undetected vulnerability to global change. Global
conservation assessments will benefit from explicitly integrating relevant
genetic and genomic diversity-based measures in estimates of species’
extinction risk.
The dataset contains a table with information about all the cytochrome-b
(mtDNA) sequences of birds available in GenBank, corrected sequences
alignments for each species and the code necessary to analyse the data.
The README.md file contains a detailed explanation of each file and
variable in the dataset, including units. Information regarding the method
used for the analyses can be found in the associated manuscript referenced
above.