The black stilt, the world's rarest wading bird, is being genetically swamped by the more aggressive pied stilt in what is a natural process. The author asks whether there is any point in fighting against such a process, and whether a species like the grey duck, which is being genetically swamped by the mallard, should also be protected in the same way. Photo: Ray Pierce
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Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 4, 1 November 1986, Page 7
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65The black stilt, the world's rarest wading bird, is being genetically swamped by the more aggressive pied stilt in what is a natural process. The author asks whether there is any point in fighting against such a process, and whether a species like the grey duck, which is being genetically swamped by the mallard, should also be protected in the same way. Photo: Ray Pierce Forest and Bird, Volume 17, Issue 4, 1 November 1986, Page 7
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