Ecological consequences of genetic diversity

Ecological consequences of genetic diversity.

Understanding the ecological consequences of biodiversity is a fundamental challenge. Research on a key component of biodiversity, genetic diversity, has traditionally focused on its importance in evolutionary processes, but classical studies in evolutionary biology, agronomy and conservation biology indicate that genetic diversity might also have important ecological effects. Our review of the...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...

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Genetic signatures of ecological diversity along an urbanization gradient

Despite decades of work in environmental science and ecology, estimating human influences on ecosystems remains challenging. This is partly due to complex chains of causation among ecosystem elements, exacerbated by the difficulty of collecting biological data at sufficient spatial, temporal, and taxonomic scales. Here, we demonstrate the utility of environmental DNA (eDNA) for quantifying asso...

Application of genetic diversity–ecosystem function research to ecological restoration

Karin M. Kettenring*, Kristin L. Mercer, Carrie Reinhardt Adams and Jes Hines Ecology Center and Department of Watershed Sciences, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA; Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA; Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; Department of Environmental Horticulture, University of Florida, Gainesvi...