Revealing life-history traits by contrasting genetic estimations with predictions of effective population size.

ABSTRACT: Effective population size, a central concept in conservation biology, is now routinely estimated from genetic surveys and can also be theoretically predicted from demographic, life-history, and mating-system data. By evaluating the consistency of theoretical predictions with empirically estimated effective size, insights can be gained regarding life-history characteristics and the relative impact of different life-history traits on genetic drift. These insights can be used to design and inform management strategies aimed at increasing effective population size. We demonstrated this approach by addressing the conservation of a reintroduced population of Asiatic wild ass (Equus hemionus). We estimated the variance effective size (Nev ) from genetic data (N ev =24.3) and formulated prediction

SUBMITTER: Greenbaum G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7208180 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature