Our ability to assess the threat posed by the genetic load to small and declining populations
has been greatly improved by advances in genome sequencing and computational …

The ongoing degradation of natural systems and other environmental changes has put our
society at a crossroad with respect to our future relationship with our planet. While the …

Habitat loss and population fragmentation pose severe threats to biodiversity and the
survival of many species. Population isolation and the decline in effective population size …

Zoo populations of threatened species are a valuable resource for the restoration of wild
populations. However, their small effective population size poses a risk to long‐term viability …

The delay between disturbance events and genetic responses within populations is a
common but surprisingly overlooked phenomenon in ecology and evolutionary and …

Many mammal species have declining populations, but the consequences of small
population size on the genomic makeup of species remain largely unknown. We …

Abstract Changes in land cover, particularly agricultural intensification, are a primary cause
of pollinator decline. Decline and isolation can reduce genetic diversity, reducing adaptive …

Genetic diversity underpins evolutionary potential that is essential for the long‐term viability
of wildlife populations. Captive populations harbor genetic diversity potentially lost in the …

Many international, national, state, and local organizations prioritize the ranking of
threatened and endangered species to help direct conservation efforts. For example, the …

Many species are facing unprecedented population size declines and deterioration of their
environment. This exposes species to genomic erosion, which we define here as the …