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Temporal Genetic Monitoring of Declining and Invasive Wildlife Populations: Current State and Future Directions

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Abstract

Human actions constantly change the environmental conditions for other organisms, which are inevitably affected by these rapid shifts. We need to monitor the changes we induce in the populations, whether they are for conservation purposes of species which become threatened or for measuring and controlling the spread of invasive species. Genetic methods developed in recent decades provide valuable tools for monitoring changes in populations over time. With these methods knowledge, which is difficult or even impossible to gain otherwise, is gained. Genetic monitoring can provide crucial information on genetic diversity, connectivity, fitness, and viability of populations. Furthermore, the origins of invasive species, their expansion routes, and predictions of future evolutionary trajectories can be resolved. In this chapter, methods and implications of temporal genetic monitoring are presented through case studies of declining populations and invasive species. The use of museum and other biological collections in temporal genetic monitoring is discussed, and future directions, especially in terms of measuring adaptive genetic variation, are suggested. There is great and unrealized potential in temporal genetic monitoring and this chapter hopefully encourages its wider application in wildlife management.

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Kekkonen, J. (2016). Temporal Genetic Monitoring of Declining and Invasive Wildlife Populations: Current State and Future Directions. In: Angelici, F. (eds) Problematic Wildlife. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22246-2_13

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