Integration of molecular methods, ecological modeling, and statistical hypothesis testing are
increasing our understanding of differentiation within species and phylogenetic relationships …

The resolution of conservation genetic analyses has been limited until recently due to
technological and computational challenges associated with genoty** multiple loci at …

Recent exchanges in this journal about subspecies taxonomy (Fredrickson et al. 2015;
Weckworth et al. 2015; Cronin et al. 2015) signal an increased attention to this Linnaean …

Insular evolution on archipelagos generates a significant proportion of global biodiversity,
yet islands are among the ecosystems most sensitive to accelerating anthropogenic …

Effective conservation of insular populations requires careful consideration of biogeography,
including colonization histories and patterns of endemism. Across the Pacific Northwest of …

Limited sampling for imperiled taxa inhibits effective management by obscuring windows
into ecological and evolutionary processes and ultimately thwarting thoughtful conservation …

Delineating conservation units is a fundamental step in recovery planning for endangered
species. Yet, challenges remain in the application and validation of scientifically evaluated …

Historically, many local grey wolf (Canis lupus) populations have undergone substantial
reductions in size or become extinct. Among these, the wolf population once living in Sicily …

Admixture resulting from natural dispersal processes can potentially generate novel
phenotypic variation that may facilitate persistence in changing environments or result in the …

In the past century the Italian wolf has been repeatedly indicated as a distinct subspecies,
Canis lupus italicus, due to its unique morphology and its distinctive mtDNA control region …