Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Take-home messages
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Genetic diversity
- Chapter 3 Evolutionary genetics of natural populations
- Chapter 4 Genetic consequences of small population size
- Chapter 5 Genetics and extinction
- Chapter 6 Resolving taxonomic uncertainties and defining management units
- Chapter 7 Genetic management of endangered species in the wild
- Chapter 8 Captive breeding and reintroduction
- Chapter 9 Molecular genetics in forensics and understanding species biology
- Final messages
- Glossary
- Sources and copyright acknowledgments
- Index
- References
Chapter 5 - Genetics and extinction
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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Take-home messages
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Genetic diversity
- Chapter 3 Evolutionary genetics of natural populations
- Chapter 4 Genetic consequences of small population size
- Chapter 5 Genetics and extinction
- Chapter 6 Resolving taxonomic uncertainties and defining management units
- Chapter 7 Genetic management of endangered species in the wild
- Chapter 8 Captive breeding and reintroduction
- Chapter 9 Molecular genetics in forensics and understanding species biology
- Final messages
- Glossary
- Sources and copyright acknowledgments
- Index
- References
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- A Primer of Conservation Genetics , pp. 76 - 100Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2004
References
Frankham, R., J. D. Ballou & D. A. Briscoe. 2002. Introduction to Conservation Genetics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Chapters 2, 12, 14 and 20 have extended treatments of these topics, along with references
Beissinger, S. R. & D. R. McCullough. 2002. Population Viability Analysis. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. Proceedings of a conference on PVA. See especially contributions by Mills & Lindberg, Ralls et al. and Shaffer et al
Ecological Bulletin. 2000. Volume 48: Population Viability Analysis. Special issue on PVA. See especially papers by Akçakaya & Sjögren-Gulve, Akçakaya, and Lacy
Ralls, K., J. D. Ballou & A. Templeton. 1988. Estimates of lethal equivalents and the cost of inbreeding in mammals. Conservation Biology 2, 185–193. Classic paper on the impacts of inbreeding on captive mammals
Saccheri, I., M. Kuussaari, M. Kankare, P. Vikman, W. Fortelius & I. Hanski. 1998. Inbreeding and extinction in a butterfly metapopulation. Nature 392, 491–494. Describes the first direct evidence that inbreeding contributes to the extinction of wild populations in nature
Westemeier, R. L., J. D. Brawn, S. A. Simpson, T. L. Esker, R. W. Jansen, J. W. Walk, E. L. Kershner, J. L. Bouzart & K. N. Paige. 1998. Tracking the long-term decline and recovery of an isolated population. Science 282, 1695–1698. Describes the decline of a small, isolated greater prairie chicken population in Illinois due to loss of genetic diversity and inbreeding, and its recovery following introduction of unrelated birds from other states
Young, A. G., A. H. D. Brown, B. G. Murray, P. H. Thrall & C. H. Miller. 2000. Genetic erosion, restricted mating and reduced viability in fragmented populations of the endangered grassland herb Rutidosis leptorrhynchoides. Pp. 335–359 in A. G. Young & G. M. Clarke, eds. Genetics, Demography and Viability of Fragmented Populations. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. Describes fitness consequences of loss of genetic diversity for self-incompatibility alleles in an endangered plant