It is widely accepted among conservation biologists that genetics is, more than ever, an essential and efficient tool for wild and captive population management and reserve design. However, a true synergy between population genetics and conservation biology is lacking. Following the first International Workshop on Population Genetics for Animal Conservation in 2003 at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy (recently incorporated into the Edmund Mach Foundation), the scientific committee felt that, given the global urgency of animal conservation, it was imperative that discussions at the conference were made accessible to graduate students and wildlife managers. This book integrates 'the analytical methods approach' with the 'real problems approach' in conservation genetics. Each chapter is an exhaustive review of one area of expertise, and a special effort has been made to explain the statistical tools available for the analysis of molecular data as clearly as possible. The result is a comprehensive volume of the state of the art in conservation genetics, illustrating the power and utility of this synergy.
Giorgio Bertorelle currently teaches Biometry, Phylogeny Reconstruction and Conservation Genetics at the University of Ferrara, Italy. He is the president and co-founder of the Italian Society for Evolutionary Biology.
Michael W. Bruford, formerly Head of the Conservation Genetics Group at the Institute of Zoology, London, has been professor and research group leader at the Cardiff School of Biosciences since 1999, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in conservation biology and molecular ecology.
Heidi C. Hauffe trained in evolutionary biology and established the first genetics laboratory at the Centro di Ecologia Alpina, Trento, Italy, in 1997. Now at the Edmund Mach Foundation, her research interests range from rodent-borne viruses to speciation to conservation genetics of alpine mammals. She is currently affiliated to the University of York, UK, and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology, CZ.
Annapaola Rizzoli is currently the coordinator of the Environmental and Natural Resources Division and head of the Wildlife Ecology and Epidemiology Group at the Edmund Mach Foundation. Her main research interests are host-parasite interactions and emerging zoonotic and vector-borne diseases.
Cristiano Vernesi is a researcher at the Edmund Mach Foundation, Trento, Italy. He is also one of the founders and scientific director of the Association 'Biosfera', a non-profit association devoted to research and teaching in conservation biology.
Contributors:
- Heidi C. Hauffe
- Valerio Sbordoni
- Eric C. Anderson
- Peter Beerli
- Jennifer E. Buhay
- Keith A. Crandall
- David Posada
- Patrick Mardulyn
- Insa Cassens
- Michel C. Milinkovitch
- Aurélie Bonin
- Louis Bernatchez
- Giorgio Bertorelle
- Chiara Papetti
- Luigi Boitani
- Benoît Goossens
- Michael W. Bruford
- Jon Beadell
- Yvonne Chan
- Robert Fleischer
- Katriina Tiira
- Craig R. Primmer
- Claudio Ciofi
- Adalgisa Caccone
- Luciano B. Beheregaray
- Michael Russello
- Jeffrey R. Powell
- A. Rus Hoelzel
- Cristiano Vernesi
- Mark Beaumont
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阅读过程中,我特别被作者在阐述群体遗传学理论时所展现出的文学功底所折服。他并没有简单地罗列公式,而是将基因流、遗传漂变、选择压力等抽象概念,比作是自然界中无形的“命运之手”,在不断地塑造着物种的遗传景观。我仿佛能看到,在遥远的岛屿上,一群与世隔绝的鸟类,它们的基因随着每一次偶然的繁殖而发生细微的变化,如同在时间的长河中悄然演变的艺术品。作者还善于运用生动的比喻,比如将基因多样性比作“基因库”,将瓶颈效应比作“生命中的一次大考”,这些形象的描述,极大地降低了理解门槛,让我能够轻松地消化那些原本可能让我望而却步的科学理论。
评分这本书的另一大亮点在于其对现实保护案例的深度剖析。我尤其对其中关于“孤立种群的基因健康评估”的部分印象深刻。作者详细地讲解了如何通过分析一系列遗传标记,来判断一个地理隔离的种群是否面临着近亲繁殖的风险,以及这种风险可能带来的长期后果。他没有回避那些令人沮丧的发现,比如某个珍稀哺乳动物种群因为长期缺乏基因交流而导致遗传多样性急剧下降,繁殖能力减弱,最终走向灭绝的边缘。但同时,他也没有放弃希望,而是着重介绍了如何利用人工辅助繁殖、基因重组等手段,为这些濒临绝境的物种注入新的“生命力”,让它们有机会重振旗鼓。
评分这本书的价值,在于它不仅仅是一本学术著作,更像是一位经验丰富的保护者,在与我分享他的思考和实践。作者在书的结尾部分,并没有给出“标准答案”,而是抛出了一系列关于未来保护策略的开放性问题。他鼓励读者思考,在资源有限的情况下,应该如何最优地分配保护资金,应该优先拯救哪些物种,又应该如何平衡人类发展与野生动物生存的需求。这种引导性的结尾,让我感受到了一种责任感,也激发了我对这个领域更深层次的探索欲望。这本书让我意识到,人口遗传学不仅仅是实验室里的数据,更是关乎地球上无数生命命运的关键钥匙。
评分我惊喜地发现,这本书的视角远不止于对单个物种的拯救。作者还花了相当大的篇幅来讨论生态系统层面的遗传学研究。他通过分析不同物种之间基因交流的可能性,以及它们在面对环境变化时,遗传层面的适应能力,来阐释维持生物多样性的重要性。我读到了关于珊瑚礁生态系统中,不同珊瑚群体基因适应性的差异,以及这种差异如何影响它们对抗海洋酸化和升温的能力。作者的论述让我意识到,保护不仅仅是保护那些惹人喜爱的“明星物种”,更是保护整个复杂的生命网络,让它们在不断变化的环境中,都能拥有继续演进的潜力。
评分这本书的书名《Population Genetics for Animal Conservation》乍一听,会让人联想到一本严谨的、可能略显枯燥的教科书。我一直以来对保护生物学领域怀有浓厚的兴趣,特别是那些致力于研究濒危物种恢复和生态系统健康的科学著作。然而,当我拿起这本书时,我并没有立刻沉浸在复杂的基因模型和统计公式中。相反,我发现作者以一种非常独特的方式,将理论知识与实际应用巧妙地融合。书的开篇,并非直接抛出晦涩难懂的术语,而是通过生动的事例,比如一只在野外濒临灭绝的狐猴,或者一个正在遭受入侵物种威胁的湖泊生态系统,来引入人口遗传学的核心概念。这种“从问题出发”的叙事方式,让我这个非专业读者也能够迅速抓住重点,理解为何研究种群的基因多样性对于物种的生存如此至关重要。
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