Inbreeding depression, the reduction of fitness caused by inbreeding, is a nearly universal
phenomenon that depends on past mutation, selection, and genetic drift. Recent estimates …

Many ecosystems around the world are rapidly deteriorating due to both local and global
pressures, and perhaps none so precipitously as coral reefs. Management of coral reefs …

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 …

Gene flow among populations can enhance local adaptation if it introduces new genetic
variants available for selection, but strong gene flow can also stall adaptation by swamping …

Connectivity is classically considered an emergent property of landscapes encapsulating
individuals' flows across space. However, its operational use requires a precise …

Whether inbreeding affects the demography and persistence of natural populations has
been questioned. However, new pedigree data from field populations and molecular and …

Genetic diversity is one of the three forms of biodiversity recognized by the World
Conservation Union (IUCN) as deserving conservation. The need to conserve genetic …

The role of genetic factors in extinction has been a controversial issue, especially since
Lande's paper [Genetics and demography in biological conservation, Science 241 (1988) …

Current rates of climate change require organisms to respond through migration, phenotypic
plasticity, or genetic changes via adaptation. We focused on questions regarding species' …