Overabundant wild ungulate populations in Europe: management with consideration of socio‐ecological consequences

AM Valente, P Acevedo, AM Figueiredo… - Mammal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Throughout recent years, ungulates have experienced significant increases in numbers and
geographic range sizes in Europe, becoming locally overabundant populations in some …

Hybridisation in European ungulates: an overview of the current status, causes, and consequences

L Iacolina, L Corlatti, E Buzan, T Safner… - Mammal …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hybridisation and gene introgression are important sources of diversification, the relevance
of which in the evolutionary processes is well recognised. Their fitness consequences in …

Symbolic species as a cultural ecosystem service in the European Alps: Insights and open issues

U Schirpke, C Meisch, U Tappeiner - Landscape Ecology, 2018 - Springer
Purpose Symbolic plants and animals are recognised as a cultural ecosystem service
(CES), which is still underrepresented in ecosystem services assessments. Thus, this study …

Genetic Structure and Effective Population Sizes in European Red Deer (Cervus elaphus) at a Continental Scale: Insights from Microsatellite DNA

FE Zachos, AC Frantz, R Kuehn, S Bertouille… - Journal of …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
We analyzed more than 600 red deer (Cervus elaphus) from large parts of its European
distribution range at 13 microsatellite loci, presenting the first continent-wide study of this …

Brown bear reintroduction in the Southern Alps: To what extent are expectations being met?

G Tosi, R Chirichella, F Zibordi, A Mustoni… - Journal for Nature …, 2015 - Elsevier
Large carnivores, such as brown bears (Ursus arctos), are flagship species for the
conservation of biodiversity and their reintroduction represents a strong challenge. However …

Genome‐wide SNP assessment of contemporary European red deer genetic structure highlights the distinction of peripheral populations and the main admixture …

J Carranza, J Pérez‐González, G Anaya… - Molecular …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Genome‐wide technologies open up new possibilities to clarify questions on genetic
structure and phylogeographic history of taxa previously studied with microsatellite loci and …

Genetic diversity and complex structure of the European Roe Deer population at a continental scale

M Niedziałkowska, K Plis, B Marczuk… - Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Although the European Roe Deer (Capreolus capreolus) is one of the most
common and widespread ungulate species in Europe and inhabiting a variety of habitats …

Genomic diversity and differentiation of a managed island wild boar population

L Iacolina, M Scandura, DJ Goedbloed, P Alexandri… - Heredity, 2016 - nature.com
The evolution of island populations in natural systems is driven by local adaptation and
genetic drift. However, evolutionary pathways may be altered by humans in several ways …

Using genetic tools to estimate the prevalence of non‐native red deer (Cervus elaphus) in a Western European population

AC Frantz, FE Zachos, S Bertouille… - Ecology and …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Game species like the red deer have been subjected to anthropogenic impacts for centuries.
Translocations are often carried out—sometimes illegally—not only for sporting purposes …

Resilience to historical human manipulations in the genomic variation of Italian wild boar populations

M Scandura, G Fabbri, R Caniglia, L Iacolina… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Human activities can globally modify natural ecosystems determining ecological,
demographic and range perturbations for several animal species. These changes can …