Several African mammals exhibit a phylogeographic pattern where closely related taxa are
split between West/Central and East/Southern Africa, but their evolutionary relationships and …

Understanding population connectivity and genetic diversity is of fundamental importance to
conservation. However, in globally threatened marine megafauna, challenges remain due to …

The harbour seal Phoca vitulina is a ubiquitous pinniped species found throughout coastal
waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Harbour seal impacts on ecosystem dynamics may be …

Freshwater populations of typically marine species present unique opportunities to
investigate biodiversity, evolutionary divergence, and the adaptive potential and niche width …

Differences in disease susceptibility among species can result from rapid host–pathogen
coevolution and differences in host species ecology that affect the strength and direction of …

Harbour seals were extensively hunted in Denmark, but have only been driven to local
extinction in one larger area, the South Funen Archipelago and Little Belt, where the species …

Marine mammal populations worldwide greatly benefitted from conservation measures put
in place since the 1970s following overexploitation, and many pinniped populations have …

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of the mammalian biology,
including paleontology, physiology, genetics, reproduction and development, ecology …

The harbour seal Phoca vitulina is a marine mammal with important ecological roles as both
predator and prey. Two sub-species of harbour seal exist in North America, P. v. richardii in …

The present study aims at filling genetic structure gaps of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) in
the Northeast Atlantic, where effective Management Units (MUs) must be established to fulfil …