Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (National Recovery Plan for the Malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata)) Instrument 2024
Objective 3: The genetic integrity of isObjective 3: The genetic integrity of isolated populations is maintained.
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Objective 3: The genetic integrity of isolated populations is maintained.
Performance Criterion 3: By 2032, isolated Malleefowl display evidence of genetic exchange.
Objective 3 addresses populations in isolated patches of habitat that are at risk of loss due to inbreeding depression. Genetic integrity is assumed to be maintained if a population receives genetic input from at least one unrelated Malleefowl each generation. The priority isolated populations are to be identified by each NRM region, led by the NMRT. The evidence required for prioritised sites and measured improvements is to be determined by independent genetic expertise.