Journal article
Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity
Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol.59(9), pp.2227-2233
2022
Abstract
Genetic diversity is one of the three main levels of biodiversity recognised in the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). Fundamental for species adaptation to environmental change, genetic diversity is nonetheless under-reported within global and national indicators. When it is reported, the focus is often narrow and confined to domesticated or other commercial species.
Several approaches have recently been developed to address this shortfall in reporting on genetic diversity of wild species. While multiplicity of approaches is helpful in any development process, it can also lead to confusion among policy makers and heighten a perception that conservation genetics is too abstract to be of use to organisations and governments.
As the developers of five of the different approaches, we have come together to explain how various approaches relate to each other and propose a scorecard, as a unifying reporting mechanism for genetic diversity.
Policy implications. We believe the proposed combined approach captures the strengths of its components and is practical for all nations and subnational governments. It is scalable and can be used to evaluate species conservation projects as well as genetic conservation projects.
Details
- Title
- Bringing together approaches to reporting on within species genetic diversity
- Authors/Creators
- D. O'Brien (Author/Creator)L. Laikre (Author/Creator) - Stockholm UniversityS. Hoban (Author/Creator) - Morton ArboretumM.W. Bruford (Author/Creator) - Cardiff UniversityR. Ekblom (Author/Creator) - Swedish Environmental Protection AgencyM.C. Fischer (Author/Creator) - ETH ZurichJ. Hall (Author/Creator) - Scottish Natural HeritageC. Hvilsom (Author/Creator) - Copenhagen ZooP.M. Hollingsworth (Author/Creator) - Royal Botanic Garden EdinburghF. Kershaw (Author/Creator) - Natural Resources Defense CouncilC.S. Mittan (Author/Creator) - Michigan State UniversityT.A. Mukassabi (Author/Creator) - University of BenghaziR. Ogden (Author/Creator) - Roslin InstituteG. Segelbacher (Author/Creator) - University of FreiburgR.E. Shaw (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityC. Vernesi (Author/Creator) - Fondazione Edmund MachA.J. MacDonald (Author/Creator) - Australian Antarctic Division
- Publication Details
- Journal of Applied Ecology, Vol.59(9), pp.2227-2233
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Ecological Society
- Identifiers
- 991005542470807891
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Authors.
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Environmental and Conservation Sciences
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
Metrics
92 File views/ downloads
75 Record Views
InCites Highlights
These are selected metrics from InCites Benchmarking & Analytics tool, related to this output
- Collaboration types
- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Citation topics
- 3 Agriculture, Environment & Ecology
- 3.64 Phylogenetics & Genomics
- 3.64.71 Genetic Diversity
- Web Of Science research areas
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Ecology
- ESI research areas
- Environment/Ecology