The European badger, Meles meles, is an important wildlife host for Mycobacterium bovis
and contributes to the epidemiology of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) in cattle in several …

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a costly, epidemiologically complex, multi-host, endemic
disease. Lack of understanding of transmission dynamics may undermine eradication …

Culling the main wildlife host of bovine tuberculosis in Great Britain (GB) and Ireland, the
European badger (Meles meles), has been employed in both territories to reduce infections …

Gene flow in animals is limited or facilitated by different features within the landscape matrix
they inhabit. The landscape representation in landscape genetics (LG) is traditionally …

The major histocompatibility complex (MHC) has been intensively studied for the relative
effects of different evolutionary forces in recent decades. Pathogen-mediated balancing …

Understanding the spatial structure of genetic diversity provides insights into a populations'
genetic status and enables assessment of its capacity to counteract the effects of genetic …

Context Functional connectivity of semiaquatic species is poorly studied despite that
freshwater ecosystems are amongst the most threatened worldwide due to habitat …

Feral horses (Equus ferus caballus) in the western United States are managed by the
Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and United States Forest Service in designated areas …

The colonization of Ireland by mammals has been the subject of extensive study using
genetic methods and forms a central problem in understanding the phylogeography of …

The origin of Ireland's fauna is an unresolved issue in the history of the island. Although
researchers once considered Ireland's mammals to have spread to Ireland during the early …