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Population Size in Evolutionary Biology Is More Than the Effective Size by Mergeay, Joachim

“…ABSTRACT In population genetics idealized Wright‐Fisher (WF) populations are generally considered equivalent to real populations with regard to the major…”
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Drivers of population genetic differentiation in the wild: isolation by dispersal limitation, isolation by adaptation and isolation by colonization by Orsini, Luisa, Vanoverbeke, Joost, Swillen, Ine, Mergeay, Joachim, Meester, Luc

“…Empirical population genetic studies have been dominated by a neutralist view, according to which gene flow and drift are the main forces driving population…”
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Opportunities and challenges of macrogenetic studies by Leigh, Deborah M., van Rees, Charles B., Millette, Katie L., Breed, Martin F., Schmidt, Chloé, Bertola, Laura D., Hand, Brian K., Hunter, Margaret E., Jensen, Evelyn L., Kershaw, Francine, Liggins, Libby, Luikart, Gordon, Manel, Stéphanie, Mergeay, Joachim, Miller, Joshua M., Segelbacher, Gernot, Hoban, Sean, Paz-Vinas, Ivan

“…The rapidly emerging field of macrogenetics focuses on analysing publicly accessible genetic datasets from thousands of species to explore large-scale patterns…”
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Reliable eDNA detection and quantification of the European weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis) by Brys, Rein, Halfmaerten, David, Neyrinck, Sabrina, Mauvisseau, Quentin, Auwerx, Johan, Sweet, Michael, Mergeay, Joachim

“…The European weather loach (Misgurnus fossilis) is a cryptic and poorly known fish species of high conservation concern. The species is experiencing dramatic…”
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Dealing With Assumptions and Sampling Bias in the Estimation of Effective Population Size: A Case Study in an Amphibian Population by Cox, Karen, Neyrinck, Sabrina, Mergeay, Joachim

“…ABSTRACT Accurately estimating effective population size (Ne) is essential for understanding evolutionary processes and guiding conservation efforts. This…”
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Reeves’ muntjac populations continue to grow and spread across Great Britain and are invading continental Europe by Ward, Alastair I., Richardson, Suzanne, Mergeay, Joachim

“…The appropriate response for controlling an invasive non-native species depends on the extent to which its invasion has progressed, which can be revealed by…”
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Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible by Hoban, Sean, Bruford, Michael W, Funk, W Chris, Galbusera, Peter, Griffith, M Patrick, Grueber, Catherine E, Heuertz, Myriam, Hunter, Margaret E, Hvilsom, Christina, Stroil, Belma Kalamujic, Kershaw, Francine, Khoury, Colin K, Laikre, Linda, Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida, MacDonald, Anna J, Mergeay, Joachim, Meek, Mariah, Mittan, Cinnamon, Mukassabi, Tarek A, O'Brien, David, Ogden, Rob, PALMA-SILVA, Clarisse, Ramakrishnan, Uma, Segelbacher, Gernot, Shaw, Robyn E, Sjögren-Gulve, Per, Veličković, Nevena, Vernesi, Cristiano

“…Abstract Global conservation policy and action have largely neglected protecting and monitoring genetic diversity—one of the three main pillars of…”
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The role of selection in driving landscape genomic structure of the waterflea Daphnia magna by Orsini, Luisa, Mergeay, Joachim, Vanoverbeke, Joost, De Meester, Luc

“…The combined analysis of neutral and adaptive genetic variation is crucial to reconstruct the processes driving population genetic structure in the wild…”
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Rapid genetic adaptation precedes the spread of an exotic plant species by Vandepitte, Katrien, Meyer, Tim, Helsen, Kenny, Acker, Kasper, Roldán‐Ruiz, Isabel, Mergeay, Joachim, Honnay, Olivier

“…Human activities have increasingly introduced plant species far outside their native ranges under environmental conditions that can strongly differ from those…”
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Comparing Genetic Ne Reconstructions Over Time With Long‐Time Wolf Monitoring Data in Two Populations by Pérez‐Sorribes, Laia, Villar‐Yanez, Pau, Smeds, Linnéa, Mergeay, Joachim

“…ABSTRACT Many methods are now available to calculate Ne, but their performance varies depending on assumptions. Although simulated data are useful to discover…”
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Gene flow and effective population sizes of the butterfly Maculinea alcon in a highly fragmented, anthropogenic landscape by Vanden Broeck, An, Maes, Dirk, Kelager, Andreas, Wynhoff, Irma, WallisDeVries, Michiel F., Nash, David R., Oostermeijer, J. Gerard B., Van Dyck, Hans, Mergeay, Joachim

“…Understanding connectivity among populations in fragmented landscapes is of paramount importance in species conservation because it determines their long-term…”
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Estimating the Effective Size of European Wolf Populations by Mergeay, Joachim, Smet, Sander, Collet, Sebastian, Nowak, Sabina, Reinhardt, Ilka, Kluth, Gesa, Szewczyk, Maciej, Godinho, Raquel, Nowak, Carsten, Mysłajek, Robert W., Rolshausen, Gregor

“…ABSTRACT Molecular methods are routinely used to estimate the effective size of populations (Ne). However, underlying model assumptions are frequently violated…”
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Lack of phylogeographic structure in the freshwater cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa suggests global dispersal by van Gremberghe, Ineke, Leliaert, Frederik, Mergeay, Joachim, Vanormelingen, Pieter, Van der Gucht, Katleen, Debeer, Ann-Eline, Lacerot, Gissell, De Meester, Luc, Vyverman, Wim

“…Free-living microorganisms have long been assumed to have ubiquitous distributions with little biogeographic signature because they typically exhibit high…”
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How to maximally support local and regional biodiversity in applied conservation? Insights from pond management by Lemmens, Pieter, Mergeay, Joachim, De Bie, Tom, Van Wichelen, Jeroen, De Meester, Luc, Declerck, Steven A J

“…Biodiversity and nature values in anthropogenic landscapes often depend on land use practices and management. Evaluations of the association between management…”
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Monitoring status and trends in genetic diversity for the Convention on Biological Diversity: An ongoing assessment of genetic indicators in nine countries by Hoban, Sean, da Silva, Jessica M., Mastretta‐Yanes, Alicia, Grueber, Catherine E., Heuertz, Myriam, Hunter, Margaret E., Mergeay, Joachim, Paz‐Vinas, Ivan, Fukaya, Keiichi, Ishihama, Fumiko, Jordan, Rebecca, Köppä, Viktoria, Latorre‐Cárdenas, María Camilla, MacDonald, Anna J., Rincon‐Parra, Victor, Sjögren‐Gulve, Per, Tani, Naoki, Thurfjell, Henrik, Laikre, Linda

“…Recent scientific evidence shows that genetic diversity must be maintained, managed, and monitored to protect biodiversity and nature's contributions to…”
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Invasion of an asexual American water flea clone throughout Africa and rapid displacement of a native sibling species by Mergeay, J, Verschuren, D, Meester, L. de

“…We combined paleogenetic analysis with continent-wide survey of genetic diversity at nuclear and mitochondrial loci to reconstruct the invasion history of a…”
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Authors’ Reply to Letter to the Editor: Continued improvement to genetic diversity indicator for CBD by Laikre, Linda, Hohenlohe, Paul A., Allendorf, Fred W., Bertola, Laura D., Breed, Martin F., Bruford, Michael W., Funk, W. Chris, Gajardo, Gonzalo, González-Rodríguez, Antonio, Grueber, Catherine E., Hedrick, Philip W., Heuertz, Myriam, Hunter, Margaret E., Johannesson, Kerstin, Liggins, Libby, MacDonald, Anna J., Mergeay, Joachim, Moharrek, Farideh, O’Brien, David, Ogden, Rob, Orozco-terWengel, Pablo, Palma-Silva, Clarisse, Pierson, Jennifer, Paz-Vinas, Ivan, Russo, Isa-Rita M., Ryman, Nils, Segelbacher, Gernot, Sjögren-Gulve, Per, Waits, Lisette P., Vernesi, Cristiano, Hoban, Sean

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Genetic and demographic vulnerability of adder populations: Results of a genetic study in mainland Britain by Ball, Sarah, Hand, Nigel, Willman, Faye, Durrant, Christopher, Uller, Tobias, Claus, Katja, Mergeay, Joachim, Bauwens, Dirk, Garner, Trenton W J

“…Genetic factors are often overlooked in conservation planning, despite their importance in small isolated populations. We used mitochondrial and microsatellite…”
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Strong differences in the clonal variation of two Daphnia species from mountain lakes affected by overwintering strategy by Hamrová, Eva, Mergeay, Joachim, Petrusek, Adam

“…The population structure of cyclical parthenogens such as water fleas is strongly influenced by the frequency of alternations between sexual and asexual…”
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Transmission of genetic variation from the adult generation to naturally established seedling cohorts in small forest stands of pedunculate oak (Quercus robur L.) by Vranckx, Guy, Jacquemyn, Hans, Mergeay, Joachim, Cox, Karen, Kint, Vincent, Muys, Bart, Honnay, Olivier

“…•Transmission of genetic diversity may be at risk in small and low-density forests.•We investigated the transfer of genetic diversity from the adults to the…”
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