Population Genetics for Animal Conservation (Hardcover)

1. Introduction Heidi C. Hauffe and Valerio Sbordoni; 2. Statistical methods for identifying hybrids and groups Eric C. Anderson; 3. How to use Migrate or why are Markov chain Monte Carlo programs difficult to use? Peter Beerli; 4. Nested clade phylogeographic analysis for conservation genetics Jennifer E. Buhay, Keith A. Crandall and David Posada; 5. A comparison of methods for constructing evolutionary networks from intraspecific DNA sequences Patrick Mardulyn, Insa Cassens and Michel C. Milinkovitch; 6. Challenges in assessing adaptive genetic diversity: overview of methods and empirical illustrations Aurelie Bonin and Louis Bernatchez; 7. Monitoring and detecting translocations using genetic data Giorgio Bertorelle, Chiara Papetti, Heidi C. Hauffe and Luigi Boitani; 8. Non-invasive genetic analysis in conservation Benoit Goossens and Michael W. Bruford; 9. The role of ancient DNA in conservation biology Jon Beadell, Yvonne Chan and Robert Fleischer; 10. Future-proofing genetic units for conservation: time's up for subspecies as the debate gets out of neutral! Michael W. Bruford; 11. Genetic diversity and fitness related traits in endangered salmonids Katriina Tiira and Craig R. Primmer; 12. Genetics and conservation on islands: the Galapagos giant tortoise as a case study Claudio Ciofi, Adalgisa Caccone, Luciano B. Beheregaray, Michel C. Milinkovitch, Michael Russello and Jeffrey R. Powell; 13. Evolution of population genetic structure in marine mammal species A. Rus Hoelzel; 14. Recent developments in molecular tools for conservation Cristiano Vernesi and Michael W. Bruford; 15. Theoretical outlook Mark Beaumont.