Delineating conservation units should be independent of effective population size

Trends Ecol Evol. 2024 Feb;39(2):121-122. doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.010. Epub 2023 Dec 8.

Authors

Rebecca S Taylor¹, Micheline Manseau², Paul J Wilson³

Affiliations

¹ Landscape Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada. Electronic address: rebecca.taylor@ec.gc.ca.
² Landscape Science and Technology, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ottawa, Canada.
³ Biology Department, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 38065708
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.11.010

No abstract available

Keywords: effective population size; evolutionary significant units; intraspecific diversity; monitoring; status assessment.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Conservation of Natural Resources*
Genetic Variation*
Population Density