A practical guide for genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations / Richard Frankham, Macquarie University and Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Jonathan D. Ballou, Species Conservation Toolkit Initiative, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA; Katherine Ralls, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Washington, DC, USA; Mark D. B. Eldridge, Australian Museum, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Michele R. Dudash & Charles B. Fenster, South Dakota State University, Brookings, SD, USA; Robert C. Lacy, South Conservation Toolkit Intitiative, Chicago Zoological Society, Brookfield, IL, USA; Paul Sunnucks, Monash University, Clayton, Vic, Australia ; line drawings by Karina McInnes, Melbourne, Vic, Australia.

Author/creator Frankham, Richard, 1942-
Format Electronic
EditionFirst edition.
Publication InfoOxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Descriptionxxii, 174 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Oxford Scholarship Online
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Other author/creatorBallou, J. D. (Jonathan D.)
Other author/creatorRalls, Katherine.
Other author/creatorEldridge, Mark Derek Bruce.
Other author/creatorDudash, Michele R.
Other author/creatorFenster, Charles Barnet, 1956-
Other author/creatorLacy, Robert C.
Other author/creatorSunnucks, Paul.
Other author/creatorMcInnes, Karina H.
Other author/creatorOxford University Press.
Contents Evolutionary genetics of small populations -- Inbreeding and loss of genetic diversity increase extinction risk -- Population fragmentation causes inadequate gene flow and increases extinction risk -- Genetic rescue resulting from gene flow -- Appropriate delineation of species for conservation purposes -- Are there populations suffering genetic erosion that would benefit from gene flow? -- Managing gene flow among isolated population fragments -- Global climate change increases the need for genetic management.
Abstract "The biological diversity of the planet is being rapidly depleted due to the direct and indirect consequences of human activity. As the size of wild animal and plant populations decreases and fragmentation increases, inbreeding reduces fitness and loss of genetic diversity reduces their ability to adapt to changes in the environment. Many small isolated populations are going extinct unnecessarily. In many cases, such populations can be genetically rescued by gene flow from another population within the species, but this is very rarely done. This book provides a practical guide to the genetic management of fragmented animal and plant populations"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2019948778 2019028817
ISBN9780198783411 (hardback)
ISBN9780198783428 (paperback)
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