Restoring gene flow into small, isolated populations can alleviate genetic load and decrease
extinction risk (ie, genetic rescue), yet gene flow is rarely augmented as a conservation …

Genetic rescue can increase the fitness of small, imperiled populations via immigration. A
suite of studies from the past decade highlights the value of genetic rescue in increasing …

Many species have fragmented distribution with small isolated populations suffering
inbreeding depression and/or reduced ability to evolve. Without gene flow from another …

A fully updated guide to the increasingly prevalent use of molecular data in ecological
studies Molecular ecology is concerned with how molecular biology and population genetics …

In populations or species with low fitness (high genetic load), a new management strategy
called genetic rescue has been advocated to help avoid extinction. In this strategy, unrelated …

Conservation genetics studies of populations bottlenecks are commonly framed under the
detrimental paradigm of inbreeding depression. This conceptual paradigm presupposes a …

Conservation translocations (reintroductions, reinforcements, ecological replacements, and
assisted colonization) have played a vital and necessary role in conserving endangered …

Background Inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity are expected to increase the extinction
risk of small populations, but detailed tests in natural populations are scarce. We combine …

Genetic rescue—an increase in population fitness following the introduction of new alleles—
has been proven to ameliorate inbreeding depression in small, isolated populations, yet is …

Human impacts through habitat destruction, introduction of invasive species and climate
change are increasing the number of species threatened with extinction. Decreases in …