Population genomics for wildlife conservation and management

PA Hohenlohe, WC Funk, OP Rajora - Molecular Ecology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Biodiversity is under threat worldwide. Over the past decade, the field of population
genomics has developed across nonmodel organisms, and the results of this research have …

Prevalence and adaptive impact of introgression

NB Edelman, J Mallet - Annual Review of Genetics, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Alleles that introgress between species can influence the evolutionary and ecological fate of
species exposed to novel environments. Hybrid offspring of different species are often unfit …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

S Hoban, M Bruford, JDU Jackson… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-
2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species …

The critically endangered vaquita is not doomed to extinction by inbreeding depression

JA Robinson, CC Kyriazis, SF Nigenda-Morales… - Science, 2022 - science.org
In cases of severe wildlife population decline, a key question is whether recovery efforts will
be impeded by genetic factors, such as inbreeding depression. Decades of excess mortality …

Conservation of biodiversity in the genomics era

MA Supple, B Shapiro - Genome biology, 2018 - Springer
Abstract “Conservation genomics” encompasses the idea that genome-scale data will
improve the capacity of resource managers to protect species. Although genetic approaches …

The evolutionary genomics of species' responses to climate change

JA Aguirre-Liguori, S Ramírez-Barahona… - Nature Ecology & …, 2021 - nature.com
Climate change is a threat to biodiversity. One way that this threat manifests is through
pronounced shifts in the geographical range of species over time. To predict these shifts …

Climate vulnerability assessment for Pacific salmon and steelhead in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem

LG Crozier, MM McClure, T Beechie, SJ Bograd… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Major ecological realignments are already occurring in response to climate change. To be
successful, conservation strategies now need to account for geographical patterns in traits …

Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

ABA Shafer, JBW Wolf, PC Alves, L Bergström… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
The global loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate. Genomic approaches have
been suggested as a promising tool for conservation practice as scaling up to genome-wide …

Whole‐genome sequencing approaches for conservation biology: Advantages, limitations and practical recommendations

AP Fuentes‐Pardo, DE Ruzzante - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Whole‐genome resequencing (WGR) is a powerful method for addressing fundamental
evolutionary biology questions that have not been fully resolved using traditional methods …

Genetic rescue to the rescue

AR Whiteley, SW Fitzpatrick, WC Funk… - Trends in ecology & …, 2015 - cell.com
Genetic rescue can increase the fitness of small, imperiled populations via immigration. A
suite of studies from the past decade highlights the value of genetic rescue in increasing …