Applications of landscape genetics in conservation biology: concepts and challenges

Landscape genetics plays an increasingly important role in the management and conservation of species. Here, we highlight some of the opportunities and challenges in using landscape genetic approaches in conservation biology. We first discuss challenges related to sampling design and introduce sever...

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Published in:Conservation genetics Vol. 11; no. 2; pp. 375 - 385
Main Authors: Segelbacher, Gernot, Cushman, Samuel A, Epperson, Bryan K, Fortin, Marie-Josée, Francois, Olivier, Hardy, Olivier J, Holderegger, Rolf, Taberlet, Pierre, Waits, Lisette P, Manel, Stéphanie
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands 01.04.2010
Springer Netherlands
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Animal Genetics and Genomics
Bayesian analysis
Bayesian theory
Biodiversity
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Conservation biology
Conservation Biology/Ecology
Conservation genetics
Ecology
Evolutionary Biology
Genetic diversity
genetic techniques and protocols
genetic variation
Genetics
Genotype & phenotype
Habitats
Landscape ecology
landscape management
Life Sciences
Natural resource management
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Population genetics
Review
wildlife
Conservation biology
Isolation by distance
Genotyping
Simulation modelling
Landscape resistance
Sampling design
Bayesian analysis
ISSN:1566-0621, 1572-9737
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Summary:Landscape genetics plays an increasingly important role in the management and conservation of species. Here, we highlight some of the opportunities and challenges in using landscape genetic approaches in conservation biology. We first discuss challenges related to sampling design and introduce several recent methodological developments in landscape genetics (analyses based on pairwise relatedness, the application of Bayesian methods, inference from landscape resistance and a shift from population-based to individual-based analyses). We then show how simulations can foster the field of landscape genetics and, finally, elaborate on technical developments in sequencing techniques that will dramatically improve our ability to study genetic variation in wild species, opening up new and unprecedented avenues for genetic analysis in conservation biology.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10592-009-0044-5
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ISSN:1566-0621
1572-9737
DOI:10.1007/s10592-009-0044-5