Population genetics for animal conservation

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 'theanalytical methods approach' with the 'real problems approach' in conservation genetics. Each chapter is an exhaustive review of one area of expertise, anda special effort has been made to explain the statistical tools available forthe 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. INDICE: 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 Aurelie Bonin and Louis Bernatchez; 7. Monitoring and detecting translocationsusing genetic data Giorgio Bertorelle, Chiara Papetti, Heidi C. Hauffe and Luigi Boitani; 8. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation Benoit Goossens and Michael W. Bruford; 9. The role of ancient DNA in conservation biology JonBeadell, 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 Galapagos 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.

• ISBN: 978-0-521-68537-5
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 395
• Fecha Publicación: 28/05/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés