Parentage analysis is a cornerstone of molecular ecology that has delivered fundamental
insights into behaviour, ecology and evolution. Microsatellite markers have long been the …

Oncorhynchus mykiss form partially migratory populations with anadromous fish that
undergo marine migrations and residents that complete their life cycle in fresh water. Many …

Captive breeding programs are widely used for the conservation and restoration of
threatened and endangered species. Nevertheless, captive-born individuals frequently have …

In most social mammals, some females disperse from their natal group while others remain
and breed there throughout their lives but, in a few, females typically disperse after …

Extensive individual variation in spatial behaviour is a common feature among species that
exhibit migratory life cycles. Nowhere is this more evident than in salmonid fishes; individual …

Large dam removal is being used to restore river systems, but questions remain regarding
their outcomes. We examine how the removal of two large dams in the Elwha River, coupled …

Many declining and commercially important populations are supplemented with captive-
born individuals that are intentionally released into the wild. These supplementation …

Parentage studies and family reconstructions have become increasingly popular for
investigating a range of evolutionary, ecological and behavioural processes in natural …

Introduced species often colonize regions that have vastly different ecological and
environmental conditions than those found in their native range. As such, species …

Lifetime reproductive success (LRS), the number of offspring produced over an organism's
lifetime, is a fundamental component of Darwinian fitness. For taxa such as salmonids with …