In response to ever-increasing anthropogenic changes to natural ecosystems, regional,
national and international organizations have established guidelines for monitoring …

Human harvest of animals in the wild occurs in terrestrial and aquatic habitats throughout
the world and is often intense. Harvest has the potential to cause three types of genetic …

Inbreeding depression is of major concern for the conservation of threatened species, and
inbreeding avoidance is thought to be a key driver in the evolution of mating systems …

Studies of eusocial invertebrates regard complex societies as those where there is a clear
division of labour and extensive cooperation between breeders and helpers. In contrast …

Landscape features have been shown to strongly influence dispersal and, consequently, the
genetic population structure of organisms. Studies quantifying the effect of landscape …

Parentage studies and family reconstructions have become increasingly popular for
investigating a range of evolutionary, ecological and behavioural processes in natural …

During the Last Glacial Maximum, European red deer Cervus elaphus occurred in refugia in
Iberia/southern France, Italy, the Balkans and the Carpathians. Most of Europe, including …

This study investigated the levels of genetic diversity and variation exhibited by red and sika
deer in Ireland, along with the extent and regional location of hybridisation between these …

In the present study, we analysed 18 red deer specimens from a small (N= 50) and isolated
population in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany, with respect to variability at nine …

Philopatry and sex‐biased dispersal have a strong influence on population genetic
structure, so the study of species dispersal patterns and evolutionary mechanisms shaping …