| intercontinental distribution of a new trypanosome species from australian endemic regent honeyeater (anthochaera phrygia). | establishing a health screening protocol is fundamental for successful captive breeding and release of wildlife. the aim of this study was to undertake a parasitological survey focusing on the presence of trypanosomes in a cohort of regent honeyeaters, anthochaera phrygia, syn. xanthomyza phrygia (aves: passeriformes) that are part of the breeding and reintroduction programme carried out in australia. we describe a new blood parasite, trypanosoma thomasbancrofti sp. n. (kinetoplastida: trypanoso ... | 2016 | 27001623 |
| meta-transcriptomic identification of trypanosoma spp. in native wildlife species from australia. | wildlife species carry a remarkable diversity of trypanosomes. the detection of trypanosome infection in native australian fauna is central to understanding their diversity and host-parasite associations. the implementation of total rna sequencing (meta-transcriptomics) in trypanosome surveillance and diagnosis provides a powerful methodological approach to better understand the host species distribution of this important group of parasites. | 2020 | 32891158 |
| genomic impact of severe population decline in a nomadic songbird. | uncovering the population genetic histories of non-model organisms is increasingly possible through advances in next generation sequencing and dna sampling of museum specimens. this new information can inform conservation of threatened species, particularly those for which historical and contemporary population data are unavailable or challenging to obtain. the critically endangered, nomadic regent honeyeater anthochaera phrygia was abundant and widespread throughout south-eastern australia prio ... | 2019 | 31647830 |
| very low population structure in a highly mobile and wide-ranging endangered bird species. | the loss of biodiversity following fragmentation and degradation of habitat is a major issue in conservation biology. as competition for resources increases following habitat loss and fragmentation, severe population declines may occur even in common, highly mobile species; such demographic decline may cause changes within the population structure of the species. the regent honeyeater, anthochaera phrygia, is a highly nomadic woodland bird once common in its native southeast australia. it has ex ... | 2015 | 26649426 |