New strategies for characterizing genetic structure in wide-ranging, continuously distributed species: A Greater Sage-grouse case study.

ABSTRACT: Characterizing genetic structure across a species' range is relevant for management and conservation as it can be used to define population boundaries and quantify connectivity. Wide-ranging species residing in continuously distributed habitat pose substantial challenges for the characterization of genetic structure as many analytical methods used are less effective when isolation by distance is an underlying biological pattern. Here, we illustrate strategies for overcoming these challenges using a species of significant conservation concern, the Greater Sage-grouse (Centrocercus urophasianus), providing a new method to identify centers of genetic differentiation and combining multiple methods to help inform management and conservation strategies for this and other such species. Our object

SUBMITTER: Oyler-McCance SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9469985 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature