Abstract The Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is endemic to Lake Saimaa in
Finland. The subspecies is thought to have originated when parts of the ringed seal …

Fragmentation of isolated populations increases the risk of inbreeding and loss of genetic
diversity. The endemic Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) is one of the most …

Molecular-genetic assessments of demographic history, population structure, and loss of
genetic variation in small natural populations are often hampered by a lack of information on …

Conservation successes of the past several decades provide natural settings to study post-
bottleneck evolutionary processes in species undergoing recovery. Here, we study the …

Wildlife species living in proximity with humans often suffer from various anthropogenic
factors. Here, we focus on the endangered Saimaa ringed seal (Pusa hispida saimensis) …

Effective conservation of endangered animal species requires exact information about the
state of the population. It is highly important to be able to monitor the species in a realistic …

The ringed seal (Phoca hispida) is one of the smallest of all living seal species. It is usually
associated with waters that freeze and its successful breeding depends on ice and snow …

Abstract The Lake Saimaa ringed seal Phoca hispida saimensis has lived as anisolated
landlocked population in easternFinland since the early post-glacial. In thelast century, the …

This thesis aims to study and describe the ancient populations of grey and harp seals in the
Baltic Sea, and to present new methodological approaches for general use in ancient DNA …

Although the grey seal Halichoerus grypus is one of the most familiar and intensively studied
of all pinniped species, its global population structure remains to be elucidated. Little is also …