Savannah sparrow

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The researchers found that the genetic diversity of the Southern California subspecies, the Belding's Savannah sparrow, had declined slightly, but that it had been low even in the 1880s.

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In the case of the Savannah sparrow, such outbreeding reduced adaptation to the environment.

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For the bay's Savannah sparrow, a subspecies that lives in salty tidal marshes, increased immigration of its inland cousins over the past century has definitely been bad news.

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The Bay Area has seen a 90% decline in tidal marshland since the 1800s, which has reduced Savannah sparrow populations to the level that interbreeding with immigrants is affecting their unique saltwater adaptation.

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The good news for the northern marshland subspecies, Benham noted, is that tidal wetlands around the San Francisco Bay estuary are protected and growing, potentially allowing coastal Savannah sparrow populations to increase.

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