Urbanization and associated environmental changes are causing global declines in
vertebrate populations. In general, population declines of the magnitudes now detected …

Context Urbanization is a substantial force shaping the genetic and demographic structure
of natural populations. Urban development and major highways can limit animal …

Under the ecological speciation model, divergent selection acts on ecological differences
between populations, gradually creating barriers to gene flow and ultimately leading to …

The glacial cycles of the Quaternary heavily impacted species through successions of
population contractions and expansions. Similarly, populations have been intensely shaped …

Trait-based approaches have emerged as promising strategies for understanding plant
adaptation mechanisms to the changing environment. At present, there are a large number …

Malaria parasites of the genus Plasmodium are diverse in mammal hosts, infecting five
mammalian orders in the Old World, but were long considered absent from the diverse deer …

Non-invasive genetic sampling can facilitate the identification of individual animals across a
landscape, with applications to management and conservation. Fecal material is a readily …

Site fidelity and philopatry are behavioral adaptations found in many species and their
fitness benefits are well documented. The combined population level consequences of site …

The recent development of fecal‐genetic capture‐mark‐recapture (CMR) methods has
increased the feasibility of estimating abundance of forest‐dwelling ungulates that are …

Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer) and O. hemionus (mule deer) are sympatric
across much of North America. Molecular evidence suggests that up to 24% of individuals in …