Do species conservation assessments capture genetic diversity?

The best known system for classifying threat status of species, the IUCN Red List, currently lacks explicit considerations of genetic diversity, and consequently may not account for potential adaptation of species to future environmental change. To address this gap, we integrate range-wide genetic a...

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Main Authors: Malin C. Rivers, Neil A. Brummitt, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Thomas R. Meagher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989414000183