A critical assessment of estimating census population size from genetic population size (or vice versa) in three fishes.

ABSTRACT: Technological and methodological advances have facilitated the use of genetic data to infer census population size (N_c) in natural populations, particularly where traditional mark-and-recapture is challenging. The effective number of breeders (N_b) describes how many adults effectively contribute to a cohort and is often correlated with N_c. Predicting N_c from N_b or vice versa in species with overlapping generations has important implications for conservation by permitting (i) estimation of the more difficult to quantify variable and (ii) inferences of N_b/N_c relationships in related species lacking data. We quantitatively synthesized N_b/N_c relationships in three salmonid fishes where sufficient

SUBMITTER: Yates MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5680432 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature