A detailed understanding of the genetic structure of declining populations is essential to develop appropriate conservation actions (e.g., Ben-Menni Schuler et al. 2017; Forrest et al. 2017; Moura et al. 2019). We agree with Burridge (2020) that little penguins (Eudyptula minor; also referred as Eudyptula novaehollandiae: Grosser et al. 2015) are a challenge for conventional conservation genetic analyses. The commentary by Burridge (2020) raised 4 main concerns: 1) that the selection of genetic clusters by Colombelli-Négrel et al. (2020) was contrary to the long-standing approach published by Pritchard et al. (2010) and adopted by many genetic studies; 2) that the gene flow results reported by Colombelli-Négrel et al. (2020) should be discounted; 3) that management recommendations for a single population should not be made based on genetic clustering; and 4) that Colombelli-Négrel et al. (2020) falsely represented and misinterpreted published related work in little penguins.

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在解释人口结构的估计时应谨慎：对 Burridge 的回复（审查中）。

详细了解衰退种群的遗传结构对于制定适当的保护行动至关重要（例如，Ben-Menni Schuler 等人，2017 年；Forrest 等人，2017 年；Moura 等人，2019 年）。我们同意 Burridge (2020) 的观点，即小企鹅 ( Eudyptula minor；也称为Eudyptula novaehollandiae：格罗瑟等人。2015）是传统保护遗传分析的挑战。Burridge (2020) 的评论提出了 4 个主要问题：1) Colombelli-Négrel 等人对遗传簇的选择。(2020) 与 Pritchard 等人发表的长期方法相反。(2010) 并被许多遗传研究采用；2) Colombelli-Négrel 等人报告的基因流结果。(2020) 应该打折；3) 不应基于遗传聚类为单一种群提出管理建议；和 4) Colombelli-Négrel 等人。(2020) 在小企鹅中错误地描述和曲解了已发表的相关工作。