Article
Making sense of the relationships between Ne, Nb and Nc towards defining conservation thresholds in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar).
Heredity - 1 Oct 2016
Ferchaud A-L, Perrier C, April J, Hernandez C, Dionne M, Bernatchez L
Abstract excerpt
Effective population size over a generation (Ne) or over a reproductive cycle (Nb) and the adult census size (Nc) are important parameters in both conservation and evolutionary biology. Ne provides information regarding the rate of loss of genetic diversity and can be tracked back in time to infer demographic history of populations, whereas Nb may often be more easily quantified than Nc for short-term abundance...
Topics
- Animals
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Genotype
- Models, Genetic
- Models, Statistical
- Population Density
- Quebec
- Rivers
- Salmo salar