The past decade has seen a rapid increase in the number of studies dealing with the genetic
consequences of habitat fragmentation, in large part because of the increasing accessibility …

Human activities have led to global changes with direct consequences for biodiversity. For
this reason, special concerns have arisen, particularly in respect to global threats such as …

Most threatened species on the planet are being affected by habitat fragmentation (WCMC
1992). Habitat fragmentation involves two processes, a reduction in total habitat area and …

Habitat loss and fragmentation are among the biggest threats to biodiversity. Anthropogenic
habitat fragmentation leads to small and isolated remnant plant and animal populations. The …

The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small
populations that consequently develop genetic problems. Millions of small, isolated …

One of the greatest unmet challenges in conservation biology is the genetic management of
fragmented populations of threatened animal and plant species. More than a million small …

Fig. 1.'Misassigned'genotypes and interpopulation dispersal. This scatterplot illustrates the
application of the assignment test to two simulated populations linked by an average of one …

Habitat loss has pervasive and disruptive impacts on biodiversity in habitat remnants. The
magnitude of the ecological impacts of habitat loss can be exacerbated by the spatial …

Mammalian Dispersal Patterns examines the ways that social structure affects population
genetics and, in turn, rates of evolution, in mammalian groups. It brings together fieldwork in …

Over the past few decades, much research has focussed on the effects of habitat area (ie,
patch size) and edges in fragmented landscapes. We review and synthesize the literature on …