Genetic estimates of contemporary effective population size: what can they tell us about the importance of genetic stochasticity for wild population persistence?

FP Palstra, DE Ruzzante - Molecular ecology, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic stochasticity due to small population size contributes to population extinction,
especially when population fragmentation disrupts gene flow. Estimates of effective …

Effective/census population size ratio estimation: a compendium and appraisal

FP Palstra, DJ Fraser - Ecology and evolution, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
With an ecological‐evolutionary perspective increasingly applied toward the conservation
and management of endangered or exploited species, the genetic estimation of effective …

What Is Ne, Anyway?

RS Waples - Journal of Heredity, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Few doubt that effective population size (N e) is one of the most important parameters in
evolutionary biology, but how many can say they really understand the concept? N e is the …

Quantifying the relationship between genetic diversity and population size suggests natural selection cannot explain Lewontin's Paradox

V Buffalo - Elife, 2021 - elifesciences.org
Neutral theory predicts that genetic diversity increases with population size, yet observed
levels of diversity across metazoans vary only two orders of magnitude while population …

Loss of microsatellite diversity and low effective population size in an overexploited population of New Zealand snapper (Pagrus auratus)

L Hauser, GJ Adcock, PJ Smith… - Proceedings of the …, 2002 - National Acad Sciences
Although the effects of overfishing on species diversity and abundance are well
documented, threats to the genetic diversity of marine fish populations have so far been …

Ecology and conservation of grassland birds in southeastern South America: a review

AB Azpiroz, JP Isacch, RA Dias… - Journal of Field …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The grasslands of southeastern South America (SESA), comprising one of the most
extensive grassland ecosystems in the Neotropics, have been negatively impacted by the …

Genetic approaches to measuring connectivity

D Hedgecock, PH Barber, S Edmands - Oceanography, 2007 - JSTOR
INFERRING GENE FLOW AND MIGRATION FROM SPATIAL VARIATION IN ALLELE AND
GENOTYPE FREQUENCIES Understanding the connectivity of marine populations is vital …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic structure in the sea

R Grosberg, CW Cunningham - Marine community ecology, 2001 - researchgate.net
Rick Grosberg and CW Cunningham chapter 3 predator (or parasite or herbivore)
population genetically varies over a finer spatial scale than its prey (or host), it is unlikely that …

Dispersal, genetic differentiation and speciation in estuarine organisms

DT Bilton, J Paula, JDD Bishop - Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 2002 - Elsevier
For some of their occupants, estuaries represent spatially discrete habitats, isolated from
each other by barriers to dispersal or physiological tolerance. We present contrasting …

Large variance in reproductive success and the Ne/N ratio

P Hedrick - Evolution, 2005 - academic.oup.com
The ratio of the effective population size to adult (or census) population size (Ne/N) is an
indicator of the extent of genetic variation expected in a population. It has been suggested …