Striking the right balance between site and landscape-scale conservation actions for a woodland insect within a highly fragmented landscape: A landscape genetics perspective
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- 作者：Kevin Wattsa ; kevin.watts@forestry.gsi.gov.uk" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding author ; Tytti Vanhalab ; c ; Thomas Connollyc ; Joan Cottrellc
- 关键词：Least-cost path ; Connectivity ; Corridors ; Microsatellite ; Gene flow ; Nemobius sylvestris
- 刊名：Biological Conservation
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：March 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：195
- 期：Complete
- 页码：146-155
- 全文大小：857 K
文摘
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We study a woodland insect in a highly fragmented landscape to inform conservation.
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Using landscape genetics we reveal strong evidence of fragmentation with restricted gene flow.
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Our species displayed low relatedness, high genetic diversity and limited signs of inbreeding or bottlenecking.
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Conservation of our species should focus on site-based activities to improve habitat quality and maintain large populations.
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Species that exist as small populations across larger spatial scales may however benefit from wider landscape-scale actions.