Disruption and irruption shape genetic variation and population structure of the common rock‐rat in north‐western Australia

This study would not have been possible without the considerable efforts of many people who aided in the collection of the samples, notably staff of the Western Australian State Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions (John Angus, Annette Cook, Judy Dunlop, Sean Garretson, Lesley Gibson, Julia Lees, Keith Morris, Kym Ottewell, Russell Palmer, Kelly Rayner and Neil Thomas); staff of the West Australian Museum, including the Mitchell Plateau project circa 1981-82; and environmental consultants Ryan Ellis (Phoenix Environmental Sciences), Zoee Hamilton (Biota Environmental Sciences) and Scott Thompson (Terrestrial Ecosystems). We thank all our institutions for supporting this research, with particularly generous contributions from The University of Western Australia, the Western Australian Museum and the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions for fieldwork. LHS received significant funding from The University of Western Australia that supported laboratory expenses. The Western Australian Museum, most recently, operated under DBCA Collecting Permits SF004816 and SF005657 to collect fauna while this project was granted ethics approval through the DBCA Animal Ethics Committee [Licence to Use Animals for Scientific Purposes No. U18/2006]. Open access publishing facilitated by The University of Western Australia, as part of the Wiley - The University of Western Australia agreement via the Council of Australian University Librarians.