Dispersal has recently gained much attention because of its crucial role in the conservation
and evolution of species facing major environmental changes such as habitat loss and …

Deep mitochondrial divergence within species may result from cryptic speciation, from
phylogeographic isolation or from endosymbiotic bacteria like Wolbachia that manipulate …

We are nearing the 20-year anniversary of a groundbreaking paper which details how
microsatellite marker development in Lepidoptera is “extremely difficult for no apparent …

An important factor in reintroductions is the amount of genetic diversity captured in the
introduced individuals. Introduced populations are initially small, and thus vulnerable to …

Understanding connectivity among populations in fragmented landscapes is of paramount
importance in species conservation because it determines their long-term viability and helps …

Habitat fragmentation may interrupt trophic interactions if herbivores and their specific
parasitoids respond differently to decreasing connectivity of populations. Theoretical models …

Studies investigating host-parasite systems rarely deal with multispecies interactions, and
mostly explore impacts on hosts as individuals. Much less is known about the effects at …

A successful reintroduction of Phengaris teleius performed in the Netherlands by
translocating 86 individuals from a Polish metapopulation in 1990 represents a unique …

1. The endangered butterfly Phengaris alcon exists in two ecotypes (P.'alcon'and P.'rebeli'),
which inhabit contrasting biotopes (wet and warm/dry grasslands respectively) and use …

The marsh fritillary (Euphydryas aurinia) is a critically endangered butterfly species in
Denmark known to be particularly vulnerable to habitat fragmentation due to its poor …