Population Genetics for Animal Conservation

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-0-521-86630-9
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 410 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 748 g

Reihe: Conservation Biology

It is widely accepted among conservation biologists that genetics is, more than ever, an essential and efficient tool for wild and captive population management and reserve design. However, a true synergy between population genetics and conservation biology is lacking. Following the first International Workshop on Population Genetics for Animal Conservation in 2003 at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy (recently incorporated into the Edmund Mach Foundation), the scientific committee felt that, given the global urgency of animal conservation, it was imperative that discussions at the conference were made accessible to graduate students and wildlife managers. This book integrates 'the analytical methods approach' with the 'real problems approach' in conservation genetics. Each chapter is an exhaustive review of one area of expertise, and a special effort has been made to explain the statistical tools available for the analysis of molecular data as clearly as possible. The result is a comprehensive volume of the state of the art in conservation genetics, illustrating the power and utility of this synergy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bertorelle, Giorgio

Bruford, Michael W.

Hauffe, Heidi C.

Rizzoli, Annapaolo

Vernesi, Cristiano

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Umweltgeologie, Geoökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Naturschutzbiologie, Biodiversität
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Meeres- und Süßwasserökologie
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Paläoökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Angewandte Physik Soziophysik, Wirtschaftsphysik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Ökologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Terrestrische Ökologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction Heidi C. Hauffe and Valerio Sbordoni; 2. Statistical methods for identifying hybrids and groups Eric C. Anderson; 3. How to use Migrate or why are Markov chain Monte Carlo programs difficult to use? Peter Beerli; 4. Nested clade phylogeographic analysis for conservation genetics Jennifer E. Buhay, Keith A. Crandall and David Posada; 5. A comparison of methods for constructing evolutionary networks from intraspecific DNA sequences Patrick Mardulyn, Insa Cassens and Michel C. Milinkovitch; 6. Challenges in assessing adaptive genetic diversity: overview of methods and empirical illustrations Aurélie Bonin and Louis Bernatchez; 7. Monitoring and detecting translocations using genetic data Giorgio Bertorelle, Chiara Papetti, Heidi C. Hauffe and Luigi Boitani; 8. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation Benoît Goossens and Michael W. Bruford; 9. The role of ancient DNA in conservation biology Jon Beadell, Yvonne Chan and Robert Fleischer; 10. Future-proofing genetic units for conservation: time's up for subspecies as the debate gets out of neutral! Michael W. Bruford; 11. Genetic diversity and fitness related traits in endangered salmonids Katriina Tiira and Craig R. Primmer; 12. Genetics and conservation on islands: the Galápagos giant tortoise as a case study Claudio Ciofi, Adalgisa Caccone, Luciano B. Beheregaray, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Michael Russello and Jeffrey R. Powell; 13. Evolution of population genetic structure in marine mammal species A. Rus Hoelzel; 14. Recent developments in molecular tools for conservation Cristiano Vernesi and Michael W. Bruford; 15. Theoretical outlook Mark Beaumont.

Über Autor(innen)

Bertorelle, Giorgio
Giorgio Bertorelle currently teaches Biometry, Phylogeny Reconstruction and Conservation Genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He is the president and co-founder of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology.

Bruford, Michael W.
Michael W. Bruford, formerly Head of the Conservation Genetics Group at the Institute of Zoology, London, has been professor and research group leader at the Cardiff School of Biosciences since 1999, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conservation biology and molecular ecology.

Vernesi, Cristiano
Cristiano Vernesi is a researcher at the Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy. He is also one of the founders and scientific director of the Association 'Biosfera', a non-profit association devoted to research and teaching in conservation biology.

Hauffe, Heidi C.
Heidi C. Hauffe trained in evolutionary biology and established the first genetics laboratory at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy, in 1997. Now at the Edmund Mach Foundation, her research interests range from rodent-borne viruses to speciation to conservation genetics of alpine mammals. She is currently affiliated to the University of York, UK, and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, CZ.

Rizzoli, Annapaolo
Annapaola Rizzoli is currently the coordinator of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division and head of the Wildlife Ecology and Epidemiology Group at the Edmund Mach Foundation. Her main research interests are host–parasite interactions and emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.