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Reconstruction of phylogeographic relationships and evolution of the tundra vol...
Żeromska, Aleksandra; Baca, Mateusz; Lemanik, Anna; Popović, Danijela; Krajcarz, Magdalena; Stojak, Joanna; Stefaniak, Krzysztof; Fewlass, HelenThe Late Pleistocene and Holocene climatic fluctuations profoundly influenced the demographic patterns of many species. Small mammals, particularly rodents, are well-suited for such studies due to their abundance and high environmental sensitivity. A suitable subject is the tundra vole, Alexandromys oeconomus, with changing past and present distributions across the Holarctic. Using ancient DNA, we reconstructed...
Ancient DNA reveals interstadials as a driver of common vole population dynamic...
Baca, Mateusz; Popović, Danijela; Lemanik, Anna; Bañuls‐Cardona, Sandra; Conard, Nicholas J.; Cuenca‐Bescós, Gloria; Desclaux, Emmanuel; Fewlass, HelenAim Many species experienced population turnover and local extinction during the Late Pleistocene. In the case of megafauna, it remains challenging to disentangle climate change and the activities of Palaeolithic hunter-gatherers as the main cause. In contrast, the impact of humans on rodent populations is likely to be negligible. This study investigated which climatic and/or environmental factors affect the po...
Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice
Shafer, Aaron B.A.; Wolf, Jochen B.W.; Alves, Paulo C.; Bergström, Linnea; Bruford, Michael W.; Brännström, Ioana; Colling, Guy; Dalén, LoveThe global loss of biodiversity continues at an alarming rate. Genomic approaches have been suggested as a promising tool for conservation practice as scaling up to genome-wide data can improve traditional conservation genetic inferences and provide qualitatively novel insights. However, the generation of genomic data and subsequent analyses and interpretations remain challenging and largely confined to academi...