Perspectives in conservation genetics and genomics

Many of these publications are open access or otherwise readily available on the internet for example via ResearchGate.

However, if you would like papers to which you do not have access

please email Paul.Sunnucks@monash.edu /  Alexandra.Pavlova@monash.edu

Perspectives in conservation genetics and genomics - Papers:

Bertola LD, Brüniche-Olsen A, Kershaw F, Russo I-RM, Macdonald AJ, Sunnucks P, Bruford MW, Cadena CD, Ewart KM, De Bruyn M, Eldridge MDB, Frankham R, Guayasamin JM, Grueber CE, Hoareau TB, Hoban S, Hohenlohe PA, Hunter ME, Kotze A, Kuja J, Lacy RC, Laikre L, Lo N, Meek MH, Mergeay J, Mittan-Moreau C, Neaves LE, O'brien D, Ochieng JW, Ogden R, Orozco-Terwengel P, Páez-Vacas M, Pierson J, Ralls K, Shaw RE, Sogbohossou EA, Stow A, Steeves T, Vernesi C, Watsa M, and Segelbacher G (2024) A pragmatic approach for integrating molecular tools into biodiversity conservation. Conservation Science and Practice 6:e13053

Grueber CE, Sunnucks P.  (2022).  Using genomics to fight extinction.  Science 376, 574-575. 

Mitchell WF, Boulton RL, Sunnucks P and Clarke RH. (2021) Are we adequately assessing the demographic impacts of harvesting for wild-sourced conservation translocations? Conservation Science and Practice, e569

Zander KK, Peterson St-Laurent G, Hogg CJ, Sunnucks P, Woinarski JCZ, Legge S, Burton M, Pandit R, Hagerman S, Garnett ST (2021) Measuring social preferences for conservation management in Australia. Biological Conservation, 262, 109323.

Liddell E, Sunnucks P, Cook CN. (2021) To mix or not to mix gene pools for threatened species management? Few studies use genetic data to examine the risks of both actions, but failing to do so leads disproportionately to recommendations for separate management. Biological Conservation 256, 109072

Liddell E, Cook CN, Sunnucks P. (2020) Evaluating the use of risk-assessment frameworks in the identification of population units for biodiversity conservation. Wildlife Research  47, 208–216 

Ralls K, Sunnucks P, Lacy RC, Frankham R. (2020) Genetic rescue: a critique of the evidence supports maximizing genetic diversity rather than minimizing the introduction of putatively harmful genetic variation. Biological Conservation. 251, 108784

Ralls K, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Fenster CB, Lacy RC, Sunnucks P, and Frankham R. (2018) Call for a paradigm shift in the genetic management of fragmented populations. Conservation Letters 11, 1-6.

Fenster CB, Ballou JD, Dudash MR, Eldridge MDB, Frankham R, Lacy RC, Ralls K, Sunnucks P. (2018) Conservation and Genetics. Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine 91, 491-501.

Watson DM, Doerr VAJ, Banks SC, Driscoll DA, van der Ree R, Doerr ED, Sunnucks P (2017) Monitoring ecological consequences of efforts to restore landscape-scale connectivity. Biological Conservation, 206, 201–209.

Pavlova A, Beheregaray LB, Coleman R, Gilligan D, Harrisson KA, Ingram BA, Kearns J, Lamb AM, Lintermans M, Lyon JP, Nguyen TTT, Sasaki M, Tonkin Z, Yen JDL and Sunnucks P (2017). Severe consequences of habitat fragmentation on genetic diversity of an endangered Australian freshwater fish: a call for assisted gene flow. Evolutionary Applications 10:531–550  

Pierson JC, Coates DJ, Oostermeijer JGB, Beissinger SR, Bragg JG, Sunnucks P, Schumaker NH, Young AG (2016) Consideration of genetic factors in Threatened Species Recovery Plans on three continents. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 14: 433–440

Garner BA, Hand BK, Amish SJ, Bernatchez L, Foster JT, Miller KM, Morin PA, Narum SR, O’Brien SJ, Roffler G, Templin WD, Sunnucks P, Strait J, Warheit KI, Seamons TR, Wenburg J, Olsen J, Luikart G  (2016) Genomics in conservation: case studies for bridging the gap between data and application.  Trends in Ecology and Evolution 31, 81-83.

Pierson JC, Beissinger SR, Bragg JG, Coates DJ, Oostermeijer JGB, Sunnucks P, Schumaker NH, Trotter MV, Young AG (2015) Incorporating evolutionary processes into population viability models: Eco-Evo PVAs. Conservation Biology 29, 755–764.

Harrisson KA, Pavlova A, Telonis-Scott M, Sunnucks P (2014)  Using genomics to characterize evolutionary potential for conservation of wild populations. Evolutionary Applications 7, 1008–1025

Weeks AR, Sgrò CM, Young AG, Frankham R, Mitchell NJ, Miller KA, Byrne M, Coates DJ, Eldridge MDB, Sunnucks P, Breed MF, James EA and Hoffmann AA (2011) Assessing the benefits and risks of translocations in changing environments: a genetic perspective. Evolutionary Applications, 4, 709–725

Sunnucks P (2000) Efficient genetic markers for population biology. Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15, 199-203.