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Multiple estimates of effective population size for monitoring a long-lived vertebrate: an application to Yellowstone grizzly bears.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2015
Kamath Pauline L, Haroldson Mark A, Luikart Gordon, Paetkau David, Whitman Craig, van Manen Frank T
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Effective population size (N(e)) is a key parameter for monitoring the genetic health of threatened populations because it reflects a population's evolutionary potential and risk of extinction due to genetic stochasticity. However, its application to wildlife monitoring has been limited because it is difficult to measure in natural populations. The isolated and well-studied population of grizzly bears (Ursus...
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