Mixed mating in a multi-origin population suggests high potential for genetic rescue in North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli

The following data files accompany the publication “Mixed mating in a multi-origin population suggests high potential for genetic rescue in North Island brown kiwi, Apteryx mantelli”. The data are from the A. mantelli populations in the Trounson Kauri Park, on Hauturu-o-Toi (also known as Little Barrier Island), and on Ponui Island. Provided as CSV files are: Morphometric data compared between adults of three populations. This file identifies sample origin, taxon identity, sex, tarsus length, tarsus width, bill length, and bill length to tarsus length ratio. Morphometric data compared among 17 pairs of birds. This file identifies 17 pairs and the female and male bill length to tarsus length ratio, the tarsus length, the weight to tarsus length ratio, the bill length, the weight, the tarsus width, and the body condition score using sex specific or non-sex specific conversion. A relatedness matrix including all 150 individuals analysed. This file is the output from Kinship-using-GBS-with-Depth-adjustment program, with metadata added to indicate known firstdegree relatives, taxon identity, population origin, and birds ID. Relatedness values and ranked relatedness values among 20 analysed pairs. This file includes the allelic relatedness between paired birds, the ranked relatedness between each paired birds and its partner, the average relatedness of each bird to all birds in the dataset, the ranked relatedness based on random simulation, the average value for all paird relatedness in the population, the average ranked relatedness based on simulation. Requests for raw reads from the underlying GBS sequence library should be made to Richard Witehira: [e-mail] or Andre Witehira: [e-mail]. Permission would then be sought from the kaitiaki (guardians) representing hapu (sub-tribes) that affiliate with the areas of sample collection. Kiwi are taonga (treasures) to the indigenous Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand. All individuals, samples, or genomic data obtained from taonga species have whakapapa (genealogy, connections, and belonging) and are considered taonga in their own right. Tikanga Māori (Māori customary practices) determines their use.