Endangered Species & Extinction Of Species
9780198783411-01-000
9780198783411-01-000
9780198783411
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A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations
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Richard Frankham (Author), Jonathan D. Ballou (Author), Katherine Ralls (Author), Mark Eldridge (Author), Michele R. Dudash (Author), Charles B. Fenster (Author), Robert C. Lacy (Author), Paul Sunnucks (Author)
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Emeritus Professor Richard Frankham is one of the leading international figures in conservation genetics, having been a pioneering researcher in the discipline and senior author on the first textbooks in the field. In 2005 he was awarded a DSc by Macquarie University (in Sydney, Australia), based upon his published work (now > 170 publications). Throughout his career he has worked on the genetic impacts of small population sizes in the contexts of conservation andevolutionary genetics and animal breeding. In 2017 he was awarded the MJD White Medal of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia for his career contributions to conservation and evolutionary genetics. His background is in agriculture (BScAgr [Hons 1] and PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia). Heworked for Agriculture Canada (1967-69), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago (1969-71), before spending 31 years at Macquarie University. He officially retired in 2002, but continues to work full-time.Jonathan Ballou is a Research Scientist Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC and from 2003-2006 was Head of its Department of Conservation Biology. His research has focused on the genetic and demographic problems confronted by small populations, especially of threatened species. He is recognized as a leader in developing the theoretical basis for the genetic management of small populations and in developing population managementtools (software, applied theory) that are widely and internationally used by wildlife and zoo managers. Jon received his bachelor's degree in Animal Behavior from the University of Virginia in 1977, his masters in statistics at George Washington University in 1985 and his PhD in Population Geneticsfrom the University of Maryland in 1995.Katherine Ralls is interested in the behavioural ecology and conservation of mammals. She studied biology at Stanford and received her PhD from Harvard. An Emerita Research Zoologist with the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute, she worked at the Smithsonian's National Zoo from 1976 until her retirement in 2014. Her work with co-author Jonathon Ballou on inbreeding problems in captive mammals led to her interest in conservation. In addition to her work on the genetics of smallpopulations, she helped found the Society for Conservation Biology, studies endangered foxes and sea otters, and has served on recovery teams for several endangered species.Mark Eldridge studied genetics and zoology for a BSc (Hons) at Macquarie University and then received a PhD from Macquarie University in 1992. He was awarded an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 1992 and a QEII Fellowship in 1999. He was appointed as a Research Scientist at the Australian Museum in 2007 and has continued to use molecular techniques to study marsupial evolution, taxonomy and conservation biology. He has worked on over 150 scientific publications.Michele Dudash is a population biologist by training, hence her research focuses on both the ecological and genetic factors responsible for a population's persistence or demise in nature. In this context the major theme of her research has been the ecology and evolution of reproductive systems in nature. Together with colleagues and students she has investigated plant mating system evolution, plant-pollinator interactions, demography of populations, and the role inbreeding, inbreedingdepression, and phenotypic plasticity play in the evolution of plant populations. Her research program is directly related with the need for baseline data that may be utilized to help form successful conservation and restoration management plans for threatened taxa. In addition to her previous academicappointments she has served at the National Science Foundation and is currently in an administrative Head post.Charles Fenster developed an interest in population dynamics and genetics that was piqued by observations in Flushi
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- Contributor: Richard Frankham
- Imprint: Oxford University Press
- ISBN13: 9780198783411
- Number of Pages: 208
- Packaged Dimensions: 194x253x19mm
- Packaged Weight: 606
- Format: Hardback
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Release Date: 2019-09-30
- Binding: Hardback
- Biography: Emeritus Professor Richard Frankham is one of the leading international figures in conservation genetics, having been a pioneering researcher in the discipline and senior author on the first textbooks in the field. In 2005 he was awarded a DSc by Macquarie University (in Sydney, Australia), based upon his published work (now > 170 publications). Throughout his career he has worked on the genetic impacts of small population sizes in the contexts of conservation andevolutionary genetics and animal breeding. In 2017 he was awarded the MJD White Medal of the Genetics Society of AustralAsia for his career contributions to conservation and evolutionary genetics. His background is in agriculture (BScAgr [Hons 1] and PhD from the University of Sydney, Australia). Heworked for Agriculture Canada (1967-69), followed by a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago (1969-71), before spending 31 years at Macquarie University. He officially retired in 2002, but continues to work full-time.Jonathan Ballou is a Research Scientist Emeritus at the Smithsonian Institution's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, DC and from 2003-2006 was Head of its Department of Conservation Biology. His research has focused on the genetic and demographic problems confronted by small populations, especially of threatened species. He is recognized as a leader in developing the theoretical basis for the genetic management of small populations and in developing population managementtools (software, applied theory) that are widely and internationally used by wildlife and zoo managers. Jon received his bachelor's degree in Animal Behavior from the University of Virginia in 1977, his masters in statistics at George Washington University in 1985 and his PhD in Population Geneticsfrom the University of Maryland in 1995.Katherine Ralls is interested in the behavioural ecology and conservation of mammals. She studied biology at Stanford and received her PhD from Harvard. An Emerita Research Zoologist with the Smithsonian's Conservation Biology Institute, she worked at the Smithsonian's National Zoo from 1976 until her retirement in 2014. Her work with co-author Jonathon Ballou on inbreeding problems in captive mammals led to her interest in conservation. In addition to her work on the genetics of smallpopulations, she helped found the Society for Conservation Biology, studies endangered foxes and sea otters, and has served on recovery teams for several endangered species.Mark Eldridge studied genetics and zoology for a BSc (Hons) at Macquarie University and then received a PhD from Macquarie University in 1992. He was awarded an Australian Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in 1992 and a QEII Fellowship in 1999. He was appointed as a Research Scientist at the Australian Museum in 2007 and has continued to use molecular techniques to study marsupial evolution, taxonomy and conservation biology. He has worked on over 150 scientific publications.Michele Dudash is a population biologist by training, hence her research focuses on both the ecological and genetic factors responsible for a population's persistence or demise in nature. In this context the major theme of her research has been the ecology and evolution of reproductive systems in nature. Together with colleagues and students she has investigated plant mating system evolution, plant-pollinator interactions, demography of populations, and the role inbreeding, inbreedingdepression, and phenotypic plasticity play in the evolution of plant populations. Her research program is directly related with the need for baseline data that may be utilized to help form successful conservation and restoration management plans for threatened taxa. In addition to her previous academicappointments she has served at the National Science Foundation and is currently in an administrative Head post.Charles Fenster developed an interest in population dynamics and genetics that was piqued by observations in Flushi
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