Landscape genetics : concepts, methods, applications / edited by Niko Balkenhol [and three others].

Format:

• Book

Contributor:

• Balkenhol, Niko, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Ecological genetics.
• Landscape ecology.
• Population genetics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (287 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chichester, England : Wiley Blackwell, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Despite the substantial interest in landscape genetics from the scientific community, learning about the concepts and methods underlying the field remains very challenging. The reason for this is the highly interdisciplinary nature of the field, which combines population genetics, landscape ecology, and spatial statistics. These fields have traditionally been treated separately in classes and textbooks, and very few scientists have received the interdisciplinary training necessary to efficiently teach or apply the diversity of techniques encompassed by landscape genetics. To address the current knowledge gap, this book provides the first in depth treatment of landscape genetics in a single volume. Specifically, this book delivers fundamental concepts and methods underlying the field, covering particularly important analytical methods in detail, and presenting empirical and theoretical applications of landscape genetics for a variety of environments and species. Consistent with the interdisciplinary nature of landscape genetics, the book combines an introductory, textbook like section with additional sections on advanced topics and applications that are more typical of edited volumes. The chapter topics and the expertise of the authors and the editorial team make the book a standard reference for anyone interested in landscape genetics. The book includes contributions from many of the leading researchers in landscape genetics. The group of scientists we have assembled has worked on several collaborative projects over the last years, including a large number of peer reviewed papers, several landscape genetics workshops at international conferences, and a distributed graduate seminar on landscape genetics. Based on the experiences gained during these collaborative teaching and research activities, the book includes chapters that synthesize fundamental concepts and methods underlying landscape genetics (Part 1), chapters on advanced topics that deserve a more in depth treatment (Part 2), and chapters illustrating the use of concepts and methods in empirical applications (Part 3). This structure ensures a high usefulness of the book for beginning landscape geneticists and experienced researchers alike, so that it has a broad target audience. At least one of the four co editors is involved in almost every chapter of the book, thereby ensuring a high consistency and coherency among chapters.

Contents:

• Landscape Genetics: Concepts, Methods, Applications; Contents; List of Contributors; Website; Acknowledgments; Glossary; Chapter 1: Introduction to Landscape Genetics - Concepts, Methods, Applications; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Defining Landscape Genetics; 1.3 The Three Analytical Steps of Landscape Genetics; 1.4 The Interdisciplinary Challenge of Landscape Genetics; 1.4.1 The Two Scopes of Landscape Genetic Research; 1.5 Structure of This Book - Concepts, Methods, Applications; 1.5.1 Limitations and Potential of This Book; References; Part 1: Concepts
• Chapter 2: Basics of Landscape Ecology: An Introduction to Landscapes and Population Processes for Landscape Geneticists2.1 Introduction; 2.2 How Landscapes Affect Population Genetic Processes; 2.2.1 Area Effects; 2.2.2 Edge Effects; 2.2.3 Isolation Effects; 2.3 Defining the Landscape for Landscape Genetic Research; 2.3.1 What is a Landscape?; 2.3.2 Thematic Content; 2.3.3 Thematic Resolution; 2.3.4 Spatial Extent and Grain; 2.3.5 A Priori Hypotheses should Guide Landscape Definition; 2.4 Defining Populations and Characterizing Dispersal Processes; 2.4.1 Panmictic Populations
• 2.4.2 Metapopulations2.4.3 Gradient Populations; 2.5 Putting It Together: Combinations of Landscape and Population Models; 2.6 Frameworks for Delineating Landscapes and Populations for Landscape Genetics; 2.6.1 Step 1: Establish Analysis Objectives; 2.6.2 Step 2: Define the Landscape; Define the Extent of the Landscape; Establish a Model of the Landscape Structure; Establish a Relevant Grain of Analysis; 2.6.3 Step 3: Define the Population and Design the Sampling Scheme; 2.6.4 Step 4: Characterize the Landscape Relative to Analysis Objectives; 2.6.5 Step 5: Conduct Analysis
• 2.7 Current Challenges and Future OpportunitiesReferences; Chapter 3: Basics of Population Genetics: Quantifying Neutral and Adaptive Genetic Variation for Landscape Genetic Studies; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Overview of Landscape Influences on Genetic Variation; 3.3 Overview of Dna Types and Molecular Methods; 3.3.1 Types of DNA; 3.3.2 Adaptive versus Neutral Loci; 3.3.3 Molecular Methods; 3.3.4 Unit of Analysis; 3.4 Important Population Genetic Models; 3.4.1 Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium; 3.4.2 Linkage Equilibrium; 3.4.3 Effective Population Size and Genetic Drift; 3.4.4 Mutation
• 3.4.5 Migration (Gene Flow)3.4.6 Isolation-by-Distance and Landscape; 3.5 Measuring Genetic Diversity; 3.5.1 Population Level; 3.5.2 Individual Level; 3.6 Evaluating Genetic Structure and Detecting Barriers; 3.6.1 Population-Based Measures; 3.6.2 Individual-Based Genetic Distance Metrics; 3.6.3 Bayesian Clustering Methods; 3.6.4 Barrier Detection Methods; 3.7 Estimating Gene Flow Using Indirect and Direct Methods; 3.7.1 Indirect Measures of Gene Flow - Coalescent Approaches; 3.7.2 Direct Measures - Assignment Tests; 3.7.3 Parentage Analysis; 3.8 Conclusion and Future Directions; References
• Chapter 4: Basics of Study Design: Sampling Landscape Heterogeneity and Genetic Variation for Landscape Genetic Studies

Notes:

• Description based upon print version of record.
• Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

• 1-118-52523-X
• 1-118-52525-6
• 1-118-52524-8

OCLC:

915135902