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Landscape genetics in a changing world: disentangling historical and contemporary influences and inferring change by Epps, Clinton W, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Landscape genetics seeks to determine the effect of landscape features on gene flow and genetic structure. Often, such analyses are intended to inform…”
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Connectivity rescues genetic diversity after a demographic bottleneck in a butterfly population network by Jangjoo, Maryam, Matter, Stephen F., Roland, Jens, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Demographic bottlenecks that occur when populations fluctuate in size erode genetic diversity, but that diversity can be recovered through immigration…”
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Direct estimates of metapopulation capacity from dispersal show high interannual variability, but little effect of recent forest encroachment on network persistence by Matter, Stephen F., Goff, Jennifer, Keyghobadi, Nusha, Roland, Jens

“…Context Habitat loss and isolation are leading threats for biodiversity. Alpine habitat throughout the world is being lost and fragmented by forest…”
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An evaluation of isolation by distance and isolation by resistance on genetic structure of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) in the Zagros forests of Iran by Asadi Aghbolaghi, Marzieh, Keyghobadi, Nusha, Azarakhsh, Zeinab, Dadizadeh, Marzieh, Asadi Aghbolaghi, Shahab, Zamani, Navid

“…For the conservation of wild species, it is important to understand how landscape change and land management can affect gene flow and movement. Landscape…”
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Immigration allows population persistence and maintains genetic diversity despite an attempted experimental extinction by Park, Keon Young, Lucas, Mel, Chaulk, Andrew, Matter, Stephen F, Roland, Jens, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Widespread fragmentation and degradation of habitats make organisms increasingly vulnerable to declines in population size. Immigration is a key process…”
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Bed bugs: The move to humans as hosts by Talbot, Benoit, Keyghobadi, Nusha, Fenton, Brock

“…Cimicid insects, bed bugs and their allies, include about 100 species of blood-feeding ectoparasites. Among them, a few have become widespread and abundant…”
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Among- and within-patch components of genetic diversity respond at different rates to habitat fragmentation: an empirical demonstration by Keyghobadi, Nusha, Roland, Jens, Matter, Stephen F., Strobeck, Curtis

“…Habitat fragmentation is a ubiquitous by-product of human activities that can alter the genetic structure of natural populations, with potentially deleterious…”
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Effects of different methods of non-lethal tissue sampling on butterflies by KOSCINSKI, DARIA, CRAWFORD, LINDSAY A., KELLER, HEIDI A., KEYGHOBADI, NUSHA

“…1. We investigated the effects of two methods of non-lethal tissue sampling on post-release flight behaviour (short-term response) and survival (long-term…”
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Influence of landscape on the population genetic structure of the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus (Papilionidae) by Keyghobadi, N, Roland, J, Strobeck, C

“…Four microsatellite DNA markers were developed which were used to examine the relationship between landscape and population genetic structure among a set of…”
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Host association and selection on salivary protein genes in bed bugs and related blood-feeding ectoparasites by Talbot, Benoit, Balvín, Ondřej, Vonhof, Maarten J., Broders, Hugh G., Fenton, Brock, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Reciprocal selective pressures can drive coevolutionary changes in parasites and hosts, and result in parasites that are highly specialized to their hosts…”
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Historical specimens reveal past relationships and current conservation status of populations in a declining species: the regal fritillary butterfly by KEYGHOBADI, NUSHA, KOSCINSKI, DARIA, WEINTRAUB, JASON D., FONSECA, DINA M.

“…  1. The regal fritillary butterfly, Speyeria idalia Drury 1773, was once widespread across eastern North America, but has declined significantly and rapidly…”
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Fine-scale population genetic structure of a wildlife disease vector: the southern house mosquito on the island of Hawaii by KEYGHOBADI, NUSHA, LaPOINTE, DENNIS, FLEISCHER, ROBERT C, FONSECA, DINA M

“…The southern house mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus, is a widespread tropical and subtropical disease vector. In the Hawaiian Islands, where it was introduced…”
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Unraveling goitered gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) diversification: insights from phylogeography and species distribution modeling by Asadollahi, Mojgan, Ahmadzadeh, Faraham, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Abstract The impact of climate fluctuations on the genetic diversity and distribution of species is of particular concern for large mammals that are already at…”
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Extremes of snow and temperature affect patterns of genetic diversity and differentiation in the alpine butterfly Parnassius smintheus by Lucas, Mel, Rašić, Gordana, Filazzola, Alessandro, Matter, Steve, Roland, Jens, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Weather is an important short‐term, local driver of population size and dispersal, which in turn contribute to patterns of genetic diversity and…”
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The permanent inhabitant of the oak trees: phylogeography and genetic structure of the Persian squirrel (Sciurus anomalus) by Aghbolaghi, Marzieh Asadi, Ahmadzadeh, Faraham, Kiabi, Bahram, Keyghobadi, Nusha

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From broadscale patterns to fine-scale processes: habitat structure influences genetic differentiation in the pitcher plant midge across multiple spatial scales by RASIC, GORDANA, KEYGHOBADI, NUSHA

“…The spatial scale at which samples are collected and analysed influences the inferences that can be drawn from landscape genetic studies. We examined genetic…”
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Demographic fluctuations lead to rapid and cyclic shifts in genetic structure among populations of an alpine butterfly, Parnassius smintheus by Jangjoo, Maryam, Matter, Stephen F., Roland, Jens, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Many populations, especially in insects, fluctuate in size, and periods of particularly low population size can have strong effects on genetic variation…”
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Flight morphology corresponds to both surrounding landscape structure and local patch conditions in a highly specialized peatland butterfly ( Lycaena epixanthe ) by Crawford, Lindsay A., Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…1. Movement mediates the response of populations and communities to landscape and habitat spatial structure, yet movement capability may itself be modified by…”
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The pitcher plant flesh fly exhibits a mixture of patchy and metapopulation attributes by Rasic, Gordana, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…We investigated the pattern of spatial genetic structure and the extent of gene flow in the pitcher plant flesh fly Fletcherimyia fletcheri, the largest member…”
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A call for more transparent reporting of error rates: the quality of AFLP data in ecological and evolutionary research by Crawford, Lindsay A., Koscinski, Daria, Keyghobadi, Nusha

“…Despite much discussion of the importance of quantifying and reporting genotyping error in molecular studies, it is still not standard practice in the…”
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