… It differs from genetic rescue in that the population does not have to be small, inbred, or …
alleles (although genetic load and inbreeding can exacerbate the population decline). Similarly, …

… genetic rescue in increasing population fitness. Nonetheless, … In this review, we highlight
recent studies of genetic rescue and … directions to help shape future research on genetic rescue. …

… Although empirical studies rarely estimate persistence probability, our results are consistent
with findings that the fitness effects of genetic rescue can strongly increase population …

… in how genetic rescue is best evaluated… genetic rescue is best defined as ‘a decrease in
population extinction probability owing to gene flow, best measured as an increase in population …

… of study, we evaluated genetic decline and rescue in a population of bighorn sheep founded
… suggest that genetic principles deserve broader recognition as practical management tools …

… when genetic rescue is a good management option, the appropriate procedures for … genetic
rescue, a relatively new management option that seeks to increase fitness in a population by …

… Our results will inform genetic rescue of the last extant population of the lowland lineage of
this critically endangered species. More generally, our approach for designing genetic rescue …

… suffers inbreeding depression, immigrants can infuse new genetic variation that increases …
the local population. Ideally, genetic rescue is measured by an increase in population growth …

… the profound impact single immigrants can have in small, inbred populations, and represent
one of very few documented cases of genetic rescue in a population of large carnivores. …

… of a management strategy involving augmented gene flow, … , declining population could
result in genetic rescue if population … if population growth rates decrease due to intrinsic genetic …