A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations Paperback / softback
by Richard (Emeritus Professor, Emeritus Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macqua Frankham, Jonathan D. (Scientist Emeritus, Scientist Emeritus, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Instit Ballou, Katherine (Emerita Research Zoologist, Emerita Research Zoologist, Smithsonian Conservation B Ralls, Mark (Principle Research Scientist, Principle Research Scientist, Terrestrial Vertebrates, Eldridge, Michele R. (Professor and Department Head, Professor and Department Head, Department of Natu Dudash, Charles B. (Professor, Professor, Department of Biology and Microbiology, South Dakota Agri Fenster, Robert C. (Senior Conservation Scientist Emeritus, Senior Conservation Scientist Emeritus, Chi Lacy, Paul (Professor, Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Monash University, Australia) Sunnucks
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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.
Crossing between populations is required to reverse these effects, but managers rarely do so.
A key reason for such inaction is that managers are often 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:24/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780198783428
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:198 pages
- Publisher:Oxford University Press
- Publication Date:24/10/2019
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- ISBN:9780198783428