Density dependence maintains long‐term stability despite increased isolation and inbreeding in the Florida Scrub‐Jay

J Summers, EJ Cosgrove, R Bowman… - Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Isolation caused by anthropogenic habitat fragmentation can destabilize populations.
Populations relying on the inflow of immigrants can face reduced fitness due to inbreeding …

Inbreeding depression in red deer calves

CA Walling, DH Nussey, A Morris… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2011 - Springer
Background Understanding the fitness consequences of inbreeding is of major importance
for evolutionary and conservation biology. However, there are few studies using pedigree …

The genetics of reintroductions: inbreeding and genetic drift

LF Keller, I Biebach, SR Ewing… - … integrating science and …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The genetics of reintroductions: inbreeding and genetic drift Page 382 11 The Genetics of
Reintroductions: Inbreeding and Genetic Drift Lukas F. Keller1, Iris Biebach1, Steven R. Ewing2 …

Scaling up the effects of inbreeding depression from individuals to metapopulations

E Nonaka, J Sirén, P Somervuo… - Journal of Animal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Inbreeding is common in nature, and many laboratory studies have documented that
inbreeding depression can reduce the fitness of individuals. Demonstrating the …

Inbreeding in reintroduced populations: the effects of early reintroduction history and contemporary processes

I Biebach, LF Keller - Conservation Genetics, 2010 - Springer
Maintaining genetic variation and minimizing inbreeding are central goals of conservation
genetics. It is therefore crucial to understand the important population parameters that affect …

Simulating retention of rare alleles in small populations to assess management options for species with different life histories

EL Weiser, CE Grueber, IG Jamieson - Conservation Biology, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Preserving allelic diversity is important because it provides the capacity for adaptation and
thus enables long‐term population viability. Allele retention is difficult to predict in animals …

African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) from the Kruger National Park, South Africa are currently not inbred but have low genomic diversity

C Meiring, H Schurz, P Van Helden, E Hoal… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
African wild dogs (Lycaon pictus) have undergone severe population reductions and are
listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List. Small …

What can genome sequence data reveal about population viability?

M Kardos, LF Keller, WC Funk - Molecular Ecology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Biologists have long sought to understand the impacts of deleterious genetic variation on
fitness and population viability. However, our understanding of these effects in the wild is …

More genetic data are needed before populations are mixed: response to 'Sourcing Eurasian beaver Castor fiber stock for reintroductions in Great Britain and …

F Rosell, R CAMPBELL‐PALMER, H Parker - Mammal Review, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Halley described three options for sourcing Eurasian beavers Castor fiber for reintroduction
in Britain and Western Europe:(i) use animals from populations within a single western …

Genetic issues in reintroduction

I Biebach, DM Leigh, K Sluzek… - Reintroduction of fish and …, 2016 - degruyter.com
Iris Biebach, Deborah M. Leigh, Kasia Sluzek, and Lukas F. Keller 150 obstacles to
successful reintroductions drift, become more pronounced the smaller the size of a …