Non-lethal sampling supports integrative movement research in freshwater fish

MJ Thorstensen, CA Vandervelde, WS Bugg… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Freshwater ecosystems and fishes are enormous resources for human uses and biodiversity
worldwide. However, anthropogenic climate change and factors such as dams and …

A synthesis of recent tools and perspectives in migratory connectivity studies

KA Gregory, C Francesiaz, F Jiguet, A Besnard - Movement Ecology, 2023 - Springer
Migration movements connect breeding and non-breeding bird populations over the year.
Such links, referred to as migratory connectivity, have important implications for migratory …

Concentration of a widespread breeding population in a few critically important nonbreeding areas: Migratory connectivity in the Prothonotary Warbler

CM Tonra, MT Hallworth, TJ Boves, J Reese… - The Condor, 2019 - academic.oup.com
One of the greatest challenges to informed conservation of migratory animals is elucidating
spatiotemporal variation in distributions. Without such information, it is impossible to …

Evolutionary stability inferred for a free ranging lizard with sex‐reversal

KH Wild, JH Roe, L Schwanz, A Georges… - Molecular …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The sex of vertebrates is typically determined genetically, but reptile sex can also be
determined by developmental temperature. In some reptiles, temperature interacts with …

Low‐coverage whole genome sequencing for highly accurate population assignment: Mapping migratory connectivity in the American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

MG DeSaix, EC Anderson, CM Bossu… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the geographic linkages among populations across the annual cycle is an
essential component for understanding the ecology and evolution of migratory species and …

Population assignment from genotype likelihoods for low‐coverage whole‐genome sequencing data

MG DeSaix, MD Rodriguez, KC Ruegg… - Methods in Ecology …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Low‐coverage whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) is increasingly used for the study of
evolution and ecology in both model and non‐model organisms; however, effective …

Museum genomics provide insight into the extinction of a specialist North American warbler species

PA Byerly, AM Kearns, A Welch, ME Ochirbat… - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
Museum genomics provide an opportunity to investigate population demographics of extinct
species, especially valuable when research prior to extinction was minimal. The Bachman's …

Novel insights into symbiont population structure: Globe‐trotting avian feather mites contradict the specialist–generalist variation hypothesis

AE Matthews, TJ Boves, AD Sweet, EM Ames… - Molecular …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Researchers often examine symbiont host specificity as a species‐level pattern, but it can
also be key to understanding processes occurring at the population level, which are not as …

Sensitivity of migratory connectivity estimates to spatial sampling design

SH Vickers, AMA Franco, JJ Gilroy - Movement ecology, 2021 - Springer
Background The use of statistical methods to quantify the strength of migratory connectivity
is commonplace. However, little attention has been given to their sensitivity to spatial …

Conservation genomics reveals low connectivity among populations of threatened roseate terns (Sterna dougallii) in the Atlantic Basin

PA Byerly, RT Chesser, RC Fleischer, N McInerney… - Conservation …, 2023 - Springer
While the effects of barriers to dispersal such as population declines, habitat fragmentation,
and geographic distance have been well-documented in terrestrial wildlife, factors impeding …