Outputs (128)

Restoring genetic diversity to facilitate the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law (2025)
Journal Article

Governments and economic blocs are recognising that the world faces a biodiversity crisis. The restoration of biodiversity to the levels prior to widespread human induced damage has been incorporated as a crucial component of conservation in the Glob... Read More about Restoring genetic diversity to facilitate the implementation of the EU Nature Restoration Law.

Optimising recovery of DNA from minimally invasive sampling methods: Efficacy of buccal swabs, preservation strategy and DNA extraction approaches for amphibian studies (2024)
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Studies in evolution, ecology and conservation are increasingly based on genetic and genomic data. With increased focus on molecular approaches, ethical concerns about destructive or more invasive techniques need to be considered, with a push for min... Read More about Optimising recovery of DNA from minimally invasive sampling methods: Efficacy of buccal swabs, preservation strategy and DNA extraction approaches for amphibian studies.

Extreme genetic depletion upon postglacial colonization hampers determining the provenance of introduced palmate newt populations (2024)
Journal Article

MtDNA barcoding is regularly applied to determine the provenance of invasive species. Variation in spatial genetic structuring across a species’ range, typically high within glacial refugia and low in postglacially colonized areas, influences the pre... Read More about Extreme genetic depletion upon postglacial colonization hampers determining the provenance of introduced palmate newt populations.

The ecological value of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDSs) in maintaining genetic diversity in urban areas (2024)
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Characterising a genetic stronghold amidst pervasive admixture: Morelet’s crocodiles ( Crocodylus moreletii ) in central Yucatan (2023)
Journal Article
Barão-Nóbrega, J. A. L., González-Jáuregui, M., Padilla-Paz, S., Maher, K. H., Martínez-Arce, A., Cedeño-Vázquez, J. R., & Jehle, R. (2023). Characterising a genetic stronghold amidst pervasive admixture: Morelet’s crocodiles ( Crocodylus moreletii ) in central Yucatan. Conservation Genetics, 24(6), 893-903. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-023-01544-z

When backcrosses are fertile, interbreeding between endangered taxa can lead to the admixture of gene pools under threat. One such case pertains to the Mesoamerican crocodile Crocodylus moreletii, a species which shows strong signatures of both recen... Read More about Characterising a genetic stronghold amidst pervasive admixture: Morelet’s crocodiles ( Crocodylus moreletii ) in central Yucatan.

An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil (2023)
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Jayne Glover, N., Elizabeth Wilson, L., Leedale, A., & Jehle, R. (2023). An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil. PloS one, 18(6), e0285084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0285084

Detection dogs are increasingly used to locate cryptic wildlife species, but their use for amphibians is still rather underexplored. In the present paper we focus on the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), a European species which is experiencin... Read More about An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil.

An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil (2023)
Journal Article
Glover Id, N. J., Wilson, L. E., Leedale ld, A., & Jehle Id, R. (2023). An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil. PLoS ONE, 18, Article e0285084. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.+pone.0285084

Detection dogs are increasingly used to locate cryptic wildlife species, but their use for amphibians is still rather underexplored. In the present paper we focus on the great crested newt (Triturus cristatus), a European species which is experiencin... Read More about An experimental assessment of detection dog ability to locate great crested newts (Triturus cristatus) at distance and through soil.

High Evolutionary Potential Maintained in Common Frog (Rana temporaria) Populations Inhabiting Urban Drainage Ponds (2023)
Journal Article

Urbanisation leading to habitat change and fragmentation is a recognised global threat to biodiversity. However, it may also offer opportunities for some species. Genetic diversity, one of the three components of biodiversity, is often overlooked in... Read More about High Evolutionary Potential Maintained in Common Frog (Rana temporaria) Populations Inhabiting Urban Drainage Ponds.

Population structure and introgression in wild populations of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax) (2023)
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Escapes of domesticated fish from aquaculture followed by interbreeding with wild conspecifics pose a threat to the genetic integrity of natural populations. In addition to disease and competition, wild populations can become inundated with genetic m... Read More about Population structure and introgression in wild populations of European Seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax).

N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments (2022)
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Nobrega, J., González-Jaurégui, M., & Jehle, R. (2022). N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments. PeerJ, 10, e12906

Estimates of animal abundance provide essential information for population
ecological studies. However, the recording of individuals in the field can be
challenging, and accurate estimates require analytical techniques which account for
imperfect... Read More about N-mixture models provide informative crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) abundance estimates in dynamic environments.