Dispersal is a central process in ecology and evolution. At the individual level, the three
stages of the dispersal process (ie, emigration, transience and immigration) are affected by …

Dispersal of pollen and seeds are essential functions of plant species, with far-reaching
demographic, ecological and evolutionary consequences. Interest in plant dispersal has …

Human activity has caused dramatic population declines in many wild species. The resulting
bottlenecks have a profound impact on the genetic makeup of a species with unknown …

The choice of summary statistics is a crucial step in approximate Bayesian computation
(ABC). Since statistics are often not sufficient, this choice involves a trade-off between loss of …

Population genetic research has transformed from the study of genetic structures into a
much wider and highly multidisciplinary research field. In this contribution, we outline the …

Identifying local adaptation in bottlenecked species is essential for conservation
management. Selection detection methods have an important role in species management …

Methods that bypass analytical evaluations of the likelihood function have become an
indispensable tool for statistical inference in many fields of science. These so-called …

Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is a globally distributed, human obligate
opportunistic bacterial pathogen which, although often carried commensally, is also a …

The post-glacial recolonisation of northern Europe has left distinct signatures in the
genomes of many organisms, both due to random demographic processes and divergent …

Adaptive genetic variation is a function of both selective and neutral forces. To accurately
identify adaptive loci, it is thus critical to account for demographic history. Theory suggests …