Wildlife forensic science: a review of genetic geographic origin assignment

R Ogden, A Linacre - Forensic Science International: Genetics, 2015 - Elsevier
Wildlife forensic science has become a key means of enforcing legislation surrounding the
illegal trade in protected and endangered species. A relatively new dimension to this area of …

Current and future directions of DNA in wildlife forensic science

RN Johnson, L Wilson-Wilde, A Linacre - Forensic Science International …, 2014 - Elsevier
Wildlife forensic science may not have attained the profile of human identification, yet the
scale of criminal activity related to wildlife is extensive by any measure. Service delivery in …

Wildlife in a politically divided world: insularism inflates estimates of brown bear abundance

R Bischof, H Brøseth, O Gimenez - Conservation Letters, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Political borders dictate how biological diversity is monitored and managed, yet wild animals
often move freely between jurisdictions. We quantified bias in brown bear (Ursus arctos) …

Forensic DNA analysis for animal protection and biodiversity conservation: a review

A Iyengar - Journal for Nature Conservation, 2014 - Elsevier
The use of DNA analysis in forensic investigations into animal persecution and biodiversity
conservation is now commonplace and crimes such as illegal collection/smuggling …

Genetic assignment of illegally trafficked neotropical primates and implications for reintroduction programs

LI Oklander, M Caputo, A Solari, D Corach - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The black and gold howler monkey (Alouatta caraya) is a neotropical primate threatened by
habitat loss and capture for illegal trade in Argentina. Using multilocus microsatellite …

Evidence of rapid change in genetic structure and diversity during range expansion in a recovering large terrestrial carnivore

SB Hagen, A Kopatz, J Aspi… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Recovery of natural populations occurs often with simultaneous or subsequent range
expansions. According to population genetic theory, genetic structuring emerges at the …

Genetic and demographic recovery of an isolated population of brown bear Ursus arctos L., 1758

EG Gonzalez, JC Blanco, F Ballesteros, L Alcaraz… - PeerJ, 2016 - peerj.com
The brown bear Ursus arctos L., 1758 population of the Cantabrian Mountains (northwestern
Spain) became isolated from other bear populations in Europe about 500 years ago and has …

Admixture and Gene Flow from Russia in the Recovering Northern European Brown Bear (Ursus arctos)

A Kopatz, HG Eiken, J Aspi, I Kojola, C Tobiassen… - PloS one, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Large carnivores were persecuted to near extinction during the last centuries, but have now
recovered in some countries. It has been proposed earlier that the recovery of the Northern …

Past, present and future contributions of evolutionary biology to wildlife forensics, management and conservation

V Bourret, V Albert, J April, G Côté… - Evolutionary …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Successfully implementing fundamental concepts into concrete applications is challenging
in any given field. It requires communication, collaboration and shared will between …

[HTML][HTML] STRoe deer: A validated forensic STR profiling system for the European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus)

NV Morf, AM Kopps, A Nater, B Lendvay… - Forensic Science …, 2021 - Elsevier
European roe deer (Capreolus capreolus L.) are the most common game species in Europe,
hunted for meat and trophies. Forensic investigations involving roe deer poaching may often …