Island haven for threatened koalas is a genetic ‘trap’ without intervention

Kangaroo Island koalas have much lower genetic diversity and are much more inbred than koalas on the mainland. (Karen Burke da Silva - Flinders University)

Kangaroo Island is home to a large, mostly disease-free koala population which, at first glance, looks like a conservation success […]

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