Mapping our knowledge on birds of prey population genetics

Life history, climate and biogeography interactively affect worldwide genetic diversity of plant and animal populations

(2021) H. De Kort et al.   Nature Communications

Identifying mechanisms of genetic differentiation among populations in vagile species: historical factors dominate genetic differentiation in seabirds

(2020) Anicee J. Lombal et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Protect Australia's Gondwana Rainforests

(2020) Robert M. Kooyman et al.   SCIENCE

Population genomic diversity and structure at the discontinuous southern range of the Great Gray Owl in North America

(2020) Beth Mendelsohn et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

(2020) Sean Hoban et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The influence of a priori grouping on inference of genetic clusters: simulation study and literature review of the DAPC method

(2020) Joshua M. Miller et al.   HEREDITY

IUCN Red List and the value of integrating genetics

(2020) Brittany A. Garner et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Allelic diversity and selection at the MHC class I and class II in a bottlenecked bird of prey, the White-tailed Eagle

(2019) Piotr Minias et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Everything you always wanted to know about gene flow in tropical landscapes (but were afraid to ask)

(2019) Waléria Pereira Monteiro et al.   PeerJ

High genetic diversity and low differentiation retained in the European fragmented and declining Greater Spotted Eagle (Clanga clanga) population

(2019) Ülo Väli et al.   Scientific Reports

Fine-scale genetic structure in a high dispersal capacity raptor, the Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus), revealed by a set of novel microsatellite loci

(2019) C. Ribout et al.   GENETICA

Global raptor research and conservation priorities: Tropical raptors fall prey to knowledge gaps

(2019) Evan R. Buechley et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Genetic Variation among Island and Continental Populations of Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Subspecies in North America

(2019) Alberto Macías-Duarte et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

Low genetic diversity and shallow population structure in the endangered vulture, Gyps coprotheres

(2019) Courtneë Kleinhans et al.   Scientific Reports

New insights into population structure of the European golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) revealed by microsatellite analysis

(2019) Carina Nebel et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Decline of the North American avifauna

(2019) Kenneth V. Rosenberg et al.   SCIENCE

A 50K SNP array reveals genetic structure for bald eagles (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)

(2019) Megan E. Judkins et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Commentary: Defining Raptors and Birds of Prey

(2019) Christopher J. W. McClure et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

Conservation and Management of Salmon in the Age of Genomics

(2019) Robin S. Waples et al.   Annual Review of Animal Biosciences

New insights into the phylogenetics and population structure of the prairie falcon (Falco mexicanus)

(2018) Jacqueline M. Doyle et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Revealing life-history traits by contrasting genetic estimations with predictions of effective population size

(2018) Gili Greenbaum et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Genetic connectivity among osprey populations and consequences for conservation: philopatry versus dispersal as key factors

(2018) Flavio Monti et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Evidence of genetic structure in a wide-ranging and highly mobile soaring scavenger, the Andean condor

(2018) Julian Padró et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

Recent advances in conservation and population genomics data analysis

(2018) S. Hendricks et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Top-down limitation of mesopredators by avian top predators: a call for research on cascading effects at the community and ecosystem scale

(2018) Julien Terraube et al.   IBIS

Bottlenecks, remoteness and admixture shape genetic variation in island populations of Atlantic and Mediterranean common kestrels (Falco tinnunculus)

(2018) Veli-Matti Kangas et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The Rocky Mountains as a dispersal barrier between barn owl (Tyto alba ) populations in North America

(2018) Ana Paula Machado et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

Identifying migratory birds’ population bottlenecks in time and space

(2018) Thomas W. Sherry   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Evolution of genomic variation in the burrowing owl in response to recent colonization of urban areas

(2018) Jakob C. Mueller et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

The value of pollinator species diversity

(2018) Claire Kremen   SCIENCE

A simplified field protocol for genetic sampling of birds using buccal swabs

(2018) Julia T. Vilstrup et al.   Wilson Journal of Ornithology

The contribution of predators and scavengers to human well-being

(2018) Christopher J. O’Bryan et al.   Nature Ecology & Evolution

Probing into farmers’ perceptions of a globally endangered ecosystem service provider

(2018) Marina García-Alfonso et al.   AMBIO

State of the world's raptors: Distributions, threats, and conservation recommendations

(2018) Christopher J.W. McClure et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Isolation by distance versus landscape resistance: Understanding dominant patterns of genetic structure in Northern Spotted Owls (Strix occidentalis caurina)

(2018) Mark P. Miller et al.   PLoS One

Population genomic analyses reveal a highly differentiated and endangered genetic cluster of northern goshawks (Accipiter gentilis laingi ) in Haida Gwaii

(2018) Armando Geraldes et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Genetic diversity is retained in a bottlenecked Cinereous Vulture population in Turkey

(2018) Emel Çakmak et al.   IBIS

Fine-scale spatial genetic structure in the Minami-daito Island population of the Ryukyu scops owl Otus elegan s

(2018) A. Sawada et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Turnover and post-bottleneck genetic structure in a recovering population of Peregrine Falcons Falco peregrinus

(2017) Suvi Ponnikas et al.   IBIS

SMS: Smart Model Selection in PhyML

(2017) Vincent Lefort et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Animal tracking meets migration genomics: transcriptomic analysis of a partially migratory bird species

(2017) Paolo Franchini et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The computer program structure for assigning individuals to populations: easy to use but easier to misuse

(2017) Jinliang Wang   Molecular Ecology Resources

Biodiversity losses and conservation responses in the Anthropocene

(2017) Christopher N. Johnson et al.   SCIENCE

Raptor Functional Diversity in Scrubland-Agricultural Landscapes of Northern-Central-Mexican Dryland Environments

(2017) Romeo Tinajero et al.   Tropical Conservation Science

Intraspecific evolutionary relationships among peregrine falcons in western North American high latitudes

(2017) Sandra L. Talbot et al.   PLoS One

Roles of Raptors in a Changing World: From Flagships to Providers of Key Ecosystem Services

(2016) José A. Donázar et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

Golden Eagle fatalities and the continental-scale consequences of local wind-energy generation

(2016) Todd E. Katzner et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Genetic structure and viability selection in the golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), a vagile raptor with a Holarctic distribution

(2016) Jacqueline M. Doyle et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Population genetics of the endangered Crowned Solitary Eagle (Buteogallus coronatus) in South America

(2016) David Canal et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Prediction and estimation of effective population size

(2016) J Wang et al.   HEREDITY

Effective population size in ecology and evolution

(2016) M Husemann et al.   HEREDITY

Making sense of the relationships between Ne, Nb and Nc towards defining conservation thresholds in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar)

(2016) A-L Ferchaud et al.   HEREDITY

Natural and anthropogenic influences on the population structure of white-tailed eagles in the Carpathian Basin and central Europe

(2016) Edina Nemesházi et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Microsatellite markers suggest high genetic diversity in an urban population of Cooper’s hawks (Accipiter cooperii)

(2016) FRANCISCO MORINHA et al.   JOURNAL OF GENETICS

Making sense of genetic estimates of effective population size

(2016) Robin S. Waples   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

The programstructuredoes not reliably recover the correct population structure when sampling is uneven: subsampling and new estimators alleviate the problem

(2016) Sebastien J. Puechmaille   Molecular Ecology Resources

Nuclear and Mitochondrial DNA Analyses of Golden Eagles (Aquila chrysaetos canadensis) from Three Areas in Western North America; Initial Results and Conservation Implications

(2016) Erica H. Craig et al.   PLoS One

Forecasting Ecological Genomics: High-Tech Animal Instrumentation Meets High-Throughput Sequencing

(2016) Aaron B. A. Shafer et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial DNA analysis reveals Holarctic homogeneity and a distinct Mediterranean lineage in the Golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

(2015) Carina Nebel et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Population genetic data pertinent to the conservation of Bulgarian chamois (Rupicapra rupicapra balcanica)

(2015) Georgi Markov et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Barn owls (Tyto alba) in western North America: phylogeographic structure, connectivity, and genetic diversity

(2015) Andrew C. Huang et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Genetic structure and diversity of breeding Montagu’s harrier (Circus pygargus) in Europe

(2015) R. Rutkowski et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Evaluating methods for estimating local effective population size with and without migration

(2015) Kimberly J. Gilbert et al.   EVOLUTION

The conservation genetics juggling act: integrating genetics and ecology, science and policy

(2015) Susan M. Haig et al.   Evolutionary Applications

Population structure and dispersal patterns in Scottish Golden EaglesAquila chrysaetosrevealed by molecular genetic analysis of territorial birds

(2015) Rob Ogden et al.   IBIS

Evidence for strong genetic structure in European populations of the little owlAthene noctua

(2015) Irene Pellegrino et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Multiple estimates of effective population size for monitoring a long-lived vertebrate: an application to Yellowstone grizzly bears

(2015) Pauline L. Kamath et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genomics and the challenging translation into conservation practice

(2015) Aaron B.A. Shafer et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Spatial Patterns of Genetic Diversity in Mediterranean Eagle OwlBubo buboPopulations

(2014) Mario León-Ortega et al.   Ardeola-International Journal of Ornithology

Genetics of divergence in the Northern Saw-whet Owl (Aegolius acadicus)

(2014) Jack J. Withrow et al.   AUK

Genetics in conservation management: Revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses

(2014) Richard Frankham et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Changes in population size and genetic diversity of a raptor species occurring in the boreal forest of Saskatchewan

(2014) Elizabeth A. Wommack et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Predation pressure by avian predators suggests summer limitation of small-mammal populations in the Canadian Arctic

(2014) J.-F. Therrien et al.   ECOLOGY

Hybrid songbirds employ intermediate routes in a migratory divide

(2014) Kira E. Delmore et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Effects of Overlapping Generations on Linkage Disequilibrium Estimates of Effective Population Size

(2014) Robin S. Waples et al.   GENETICS

Phylogenetic Position of Avian Nocturnal and Diurnal Raptors

(2014) M. T. Mahmood et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Migratory connectivity of Palaearctic-African migratory birds and their responses to environmental change: the serial residency hypothesis

(2014) Will Cresswell   IBIS

Do not disturb the family: roles of colony size and human disturbance in the genetic structure of lesser kestrel

(2014) R. Di Maggio et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

Isolation by environment

(2014) Ian J. Wang et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Mapping migration in a songbird using high-resolution genetic markers

(2014) Kristen C. Ruegg et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Whole-genome analyses resolve early branches in the tree of life of modern birds

(2014) E. D. Jarvis et al.   SCIENCE

Genetic structure of an endangered raptor at individual and population levels

(2013) Suvi Ponnikas et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Population genetics and relatedness in a critically endangered island raptor, Ridgway’s Hawk Buteo ridgwayi

(2013) Lance G. Woolaver et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Large-scale population genetic structure in Bonelli's EagleAquila fasciata

(2013) Sara Mira et al.   IBIS

NeEstimatorv2: re-implementation of software for the estimation of contemporary effective population size (Ne) from genetic data

(2013) C. Do et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

Combined Genetic and Telemetry Data Reveal High Rates of Gene Flow, Migration, and Long-Distance Dispersal Potential in Arctic Ringed Seals (Pusa hispida)

(2013) Micaela E. Martinez-Bakker et al.   PLoS One

Bringing genetic diversity to the forefront of conservation policy and management

(2013) Sean M. Hoban et al.   Conservation Genetics Resources

Genetic and morphological divergence among Cooper's Hawk (Accipiter cooperii) populations breeding in north-central and western North America

(2012)   AUK

GenAlEx 6.5: genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research--an update

(2012) R. Peakall et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

Quantifying the roles of ecology and geography in spatial genetic divergence

(2012) Ian J. Wang et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Genetic structure and phylogeography of a European flagship species, the white-tailed sea eagleHaliaeetus albicilla

(2012) Tobias Langguth et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Ecology and conservation of grassland birds in southeastern South America: a review

(2012) Adrián B. Azpiroz et al.   JOURNAL OF FIELD ORNITHOLOGY

Variation in Migratory Behavior Influences Regional Genetic Diversity and Structure among American Kestrel Populations (Falco sparverius) in North America

(2012) Mark P. Miller et al.   JOURNAL OF HEREDITY

Recommendations for utilizing and reporting population genetic analyses: the reproducibility of genetic clustering using the programstructure

(2012) Kimberly J. Gilbert et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

SNP Calling, Genotype Calling, and Sample Allele Frequency Estimation from New-Generation Sequencing Data

(2012) Rasmus Nielsen et al.   PLoS One

Dramatic intraspecific differences in migratory routes, stopover sites and wintering areas, revealed using light-level geolocators

(2012) K. E. Delmore et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units

(2012) W. Chris Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Temporal Changes of Genetic Population Structure and Diversity in the Endangered Blakiston's Fish Owl (Bubo blakistoni) on Hokkaido Island, Japan, Revealed by Microsatellite Analysis

(2012) Keita Omote et al.   ZOOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Demographic history, genetic structure and gene flow in a steppe-associated raptor species

(2011) Jesus T Garcia et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Understanding and Estimating Effective Population Size for Practical Application in Marine Species Management

(2011) MATTHEW P. HARE et al.   CONSERVATION BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial DNA and nuclear microsatellites reveal high diversity and genetic structure in an avian top predator, the white-tailed sea eagle, in central Europe

(2010) ANN-CHRISTIN HONNEN et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

From Publications to Public Actions: When Conservation Biologists Bridge the Gap between Research and Implementation

(2010) Raphaël Arlettaz et al.   BIOSCIENCE

Genetic signatures of population change in the British golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos)

(2010) Brian P. Bourke et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Evidence of connectivity between continental and differentiated insular populations in a highly mobile species

(2010) Rosa Agudo et al.   DIVERSITY AND DISTRIBUTIONS

A meta-analysis of isolation by distance: relic or reference standard for landscape genetics?

(2010) David G. Jenkins et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Landscape characteristics influence morphological and genetic differentiation in a widespread raptor (Buteo jamaicensis)

(2010) JOSHUA M. HULL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Perspectives on the use of landscape genetics to detect genetic adaptive variation in the field

(2010) STÉPHANIE MANEL et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Assessing population structure: FST and related measures

(2010) PATRICK G. MEIRMANS et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

New Algorithms and Methods to Estimate Maximum-Likelihood Phylogenies: Assessing the Performance of PhyML 3.0

(2010) Stéphane Guindon et al.   SYSTEMATIC BIOLOGY

Projecting genetic diversity and population viability for the fragmented orang-utan population in the Kinabatangan floodplain, Sabah, Malaysia

(2010) MW Bruford et al.   Endangered Species Research

Population genetic structure of the European kestrel Falco tinnunculus in Central Poland

(2009) Robert Rutkowski et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF WILDLIFE RESEARCH

Fast model-based estimation of ancestry in unrelated individuals

(2009) D. H. Alexander et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

The worm in the fruit of the mitochondrial DNA tree

(2009) F Balloux   HEREDITY

SeaView Version 4: A Multiplatform Graphical User Interface for Sequence Alignment and Phylogenetic Tree Building

(2009) M. Gouy et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Assessing statistical power of SNPs for population structure and conservation studies

(2009) PHILLIP A. MORIN et al.   Molecular Ecology Resources

It's not too Late for the Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja): High Levels Of Genetic Diversity and Differentiation Can Fuel Conservation Programs

(2009) Heather R. L. Lerner et al.   PLoS One

Open Access and Global Participation in Science

(2009) J. A. Evans et al.   SCIENCE

Population structure, diversity, and phylogeography in the near-threatened Eurasian black vultures Aegypius monachus (Falconiformes; Accipitridae) in Europe: insights from microsatellite and mitochondrial DNA variation

(2008) NIKOS POULAKAKIS et al.   BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY

Microsatellite evolution: Mutations, sequence variation, and homoplasy in the hypervariable avian microsatellite locus HrU10

(2008) Jarl A Anmarkrud et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Genetic diversity and genetic structure of Northern Goshawk (Accipiter gentilis) populations in eastern Japan and Central Asia

(2008) Yoshihide Takaki et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

No phylogeographic structure in the circumpolar snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus)

(2008) Gunnhild Marthinsen et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Counting the cost of vulture decline—An appraisal of the human health and other benefits of vultures in India

(2008) Anil Markandya et al.   ECOLOGICAL ECONOMICS

Population fragmentation leads to isolation by distance but not genetic impoverishment in the philopatric Lesser Kestrel: a comparison with the widespread and sympatric Eurasian Kestrel

(2008) M Alcaide et al.   HEREDITY

Strong philopatry derived from capture-recapture records does not lead to fine-scale genetic differentiation in lesser kestrels

(2008) Miguel Alcaide et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Genetic Variation Between Subspecies of Common Kestrels (Falco Tinnunculus) in Beijing, China

(2008) Li Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF RAPTOR RESEARCH

Long-term survival despite low genetic diversity in the critically endangered Madagascar fish-eagle

(2008) JEFF A. JOHNSON et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Genetic estimates of contemporary effective population size: what can they tell us about the importance of genetic stochasticity for wild population persistence?

(2008) FRISO P. PALSTRA et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

genepop’007: a complete re-implementation of the genepop software for Windows and Linux

(2007) FRANÇOIS ROUSSET   Molecular Ecology Resources