Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations
«An introductory text for upperlevel undergraduate and junior graduate students and wildlife managers with limited knowledge of conservation genetics.»
Conservation Biology
The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small populations that consequently develop genetic problems. Millions of small, isolated, fragmented populations are likely suffering from inbreeding depression and loss of genetic diversity, greatly increasing their risk of extinction. Les mer
advised to manage populations in isolation whenever molecular genetic methods indicate genetic differences among them. Following this advice will often doom small populations to extinction when the habitat fragmentation and genetic differences were caused by human activities. A paradigm shift is
required whereby evidence of genetic differentiation among populations is a trigger to ask whether any populations are suffering genetic problems, and if so, whether they can be rescued by augmenting gene flow. Consequently, there is now an urgent need for an authoritative practical guide to facilitate this paradigm shift in genetic management of fragmented populations.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Oxford University Press
- Innbinding
- Innbundet
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780198783411
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 25 x 19 cm
- Priser
- Winner of Awarded the Whitley Certificate of Special Commendation for the publication of books on Australasian Zoology by the Council of the Royal Zoological Society of NSW..
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«An introductory text for upperlevel undergraduate and junior graduate students and wildlife managers with limited knowledge of conservation genetics.»
Conservation Biology