Overview

Population genomics is revolutionizing wildlife biology, conservation, and management by providing key and novel insights into genetic, population and landscape-level processes in wildlife, with unprecedented power and accuracy. This pioneering book presents the advances and potential of population genomics in wildlife, outlining key population genomics concepts and questions in wildlife biology, population genomics approaches that are specifically applicable to wildlife, and application of population genomics in wildlife population and evolutionary biology, ecology, adaptation and conservation and management. It is important for students, researchers, and wildlife professionals to understand the growing set of population genomics tools that can address issues from delineation of wildlife populations to assessing their capacity to adapt to environmental change. This book brings together leading experts in wildlife population genomics to discuss the key areas of the field, as well as challenges, opportunities and future prospects of wildlife population genomics.

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Author:   Paul A. Hohenlohe ,  Om P. Rajora
Publisher:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Imprint:   Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Edition:   1st ed. 2021
Weight:   0.866kg
ISBN:  

9783030634919

ISBN 10:   3030634914
Pages:   558
Publication Date:   11 December 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Introduction.- Population Genomics of Wildlife: Research Goals, Approaches and Applications.- Part II: Wildlife Sampling and Genomics Technologies.- Advances in Using Non-invasive, Archival, and Environmental Samples for Population Genomic Studies.- Environmental Population Genomics: Challenges and Opportunities.- Surmounting the Large-Genome “Problem” for Genomic Data Generation in Salamanders.- Part III: Wildlife Populations: Ecology, Evolution and Adaptation.- Landscape Genomics for Wildlife Research.- Population Genomics of Ungulates.- Advancing Understanding of Amphibian Evolution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation with Massively Parallel Sequencing.- Population Genomics of Birds: Evolutionary History and Conservation.- Population Genomics Provides Key Insights into Admixture, Speciation, and Evolution of Closely Related Ducks of the Mallard Complex.- Part IV: Challenges Facing Wildlife Populations.- Population Genomics and Wildlife Adaptation in the Face of ClimateChange.- Applications of Population Genomics for understanding and Mitigating Wildlife Disease.- Population Genomics of Wildlife Cancer.- Part V: Wildlife Conservation and Management.- Population Genomics for the Management of Wild Vertebrate Populations.- Genomics for Genetic Rescue.- Ex Situ Wildlife Conservation in the Age of Population Genomics.- Population Genomics Advances and Opportunities in Conservation of Kiwi (Apteryx spp.).- The Transformative Impact of Genomics on Sage-Grouse Conservation and Management.

Reviews

The book ... admirably cover the breadth of current focal areas in wildlife genetics. ... Perhaps most impressively, and most usefully, many chapters address a common issue for geneticists: how to effectively bridge the gap between research and application. ... This chapter, combined with an entire part devoted to conservation and management, cements this volume as a valuable tool for students, researchers, and managers working across the broad spectrum of wildlife genomics research. (Paige A. Byerly, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 97 (3), September, 2022)

“The book … admirably cover the breadth of current focal areas in wildlife genetics. … Perhaps most impressively, and most usefully, many chapters address a common issue for geneticists: how to effectively bridge the gap between research and application. … This chapter, combined with an entire part devoted to conservation and management, cements this volume as a valuable tool for students, researchers, and managers working across the broad spectrum of wildlife genomics research.” (Paige A. Byerly, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 97 (3), September, 2022)

Author Information

Dr. Paul A. HohenloheAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Idaho Department of Biological SciencesInstitute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies Moscow, IDUSA Dr. Om P. RajoraProfessorUniversity of New BrunswickFaculty of Forestry and Environmental ManagementFredericton, NBCanada

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