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How New Zealand’s cheeky kea and kaka will fare with climate change – Science Daily
With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand’s alpine zone, a new study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea.
With global warming decreasing the size of New Zealand’s alpine zone, a University of Otago study found out what this means for our altitude-loving kea.The study, published in Molecular Ecology, analysed whole genome DNA data of the kea and, for the first time, its forest-adapted sister species, the kākā, to identify genomic differences which cause their habitat specialisations.
The researchers found the kea is not an alpine specialist, but rather one that adapted to using such an open habitat because…
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