Rapid morphological change in an urban bird due to COVID-19 restrictions www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Some reading material for cold and wet December days: the new Cat News is out! 😺 Including our paper "Subspecies introgression: insights and implications for lion management and policy". www.catsg.org/catnews

Chromosome-Level Genomics and Historical Museum Collections Reveal New Insights Into the Population Structure and Chromosome Evolution of Waterbuck onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Whole-Genome Data to Investigate Recent and Historical Dog Introgression Patterns in Italian Wolves onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

The value of structural variants to conservation genomics in the pangenome era academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...

Dispersal Beyond Mountains and Borders: Asymmetrical Gene Flow Helps Maintain Brown Bear Metapopulation Connectivity on the Balkan Peninsula onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Amazing times, at #ConGen25 in South Africa! 🇿🇦 We had online sessions, in person lectures, hands-on exercises, field trips and discussions how to move the field of conservation genetics forwards, in southern Africa and beyond. 🦁🐦🦎🦓🦋🦅🐘🦉🐊🦒🪲🦇🦏🐢🐌 A big thank you to all, especially the particpants!

Accurate Runs of Homozygosity Estimation From Low Coverage Genome Sequences in Non-Model Species onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Habitat Mosaic Limits Gene Flow and Promotes Morphological Adaptation in a Generalist Mammal share.google/xtp3ft9MnNPW...

Metagenome-Based Functional Differentiation of Gut Microbiota and Ecological Adaptation Among Geographically Distinct Populations of Przewalski’s Gazelle (Procapra przewalskii) share.google/lXZRVwJfMVVn...

Longitudinal dietary resilience of lion (Panthera leo) in a semi-arid fenced reserve of South Africa koedoe.co.za/index.php/ko...

Coexisting With Humans: Genomic and Behavioral Consequences in a Small and Isolated Bear Population academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...

Made it to Kruger with ConGen 2025! We coincidentally found the new book "The Last Lions" in a local shop where we stopped for snacks. I wrote the chapter about genetic variability in lions some time ago, now I see it in print for the first time! 😆

Early morning birding, then diving into genetic data for #ConGen 2025 @UPTuks 🇿🇦

Expanding the social dimensions of conservation translocations doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

ConGen 2025 is about to kick off! @UPTuks Pretoria, South Africa 🇿🇦 Looking forward to a week of population genetics, conservation science and wildlife spotting! 🧬🦁🌍🐦

Habitat Mosaic Limits Gene Flow and Promotes Morphological Adaptation in a Generalist Mammal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

That's So Last Season: Unraveling the Genomic Consequences of Fur Farming in Arctic Foxes (Vulpes lagopus) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Optimising Genome‐Wide Detection of Runs of Homozygosity: Impacts of Reference Genome Quality and Sequencing Parameters on Inbreeding Assessment onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Conservation Genomics—Making a Difference onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Genetic diversity and structure of mongolian gazelle (Procapra gutturosa) populations in fragmented habitats link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Boost or Bust? The Impact of Supplementation on Functional Genetic Diversity and Selective Processes in Tasmanian Devils doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Whole-genome sequencing provides insights into the evolutionary adaptation and conservation of gibbons www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Genetic and phenotypic comparison of natural and translocated populations of a pond-breeding amphibian conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Europeans support large carnivore recovery while opposing both further population growth and hunting www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The genetic implications of translocations on Fisher (Pekania pennanti) populations in Montana and Idaho academic.oup.com/jmammal/adva...

The value of structural variants to conservation genomics in the pangenome era academic.oup.com/jhered/advan...

The dispersal of domestic cats from North Africa to Europe around 2000 years ago www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Variant Calling in the Goldilocks Zone: How Reference Genome Choice and Read Mapping Stringency Impact Heterozygosity Estimates and Phylogenetic Analyses onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Global sampling decline erodes science potential of natural history collections www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Chromosome-scale Genomes Show Rapid Diversification and Ancient Gene Flow Among Bear Species academic.oup.com/gbe/article/...

Large Biodiversity Monitoring Gaps Remain Across Europe conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A Genomic Perspective on Species Delimitation www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Why do so many ecologists share common feelings of disconnection between their research goals and real-world impact? 🌍 Our new article in #FE&E explores the constraints that limit ecological research and how we can mitigate them. 👇 esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Guideposts and guardrails for biodiversity accounting in the 21st century www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Anthropocene genetic diversity loss in the marine tropics www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

We have another publication out! 🎉🎉🎉 “Hybrids along a natural–anthropogenic gradient: improving policy and management across all levels of biodiversity.” We explore how to deal with hybrids in conservation — scientifically and practically. A thread 🧵 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Genetic offset and vulnerability modeling under climate change scenarios: common misinterpretations and violations of evolutionary principles academic.oup.com/evolut/advan...

People’s perceptions on the effectiveness of human-wildlife conflict mitigation measures in Nepal’s Tarai Arc Landscape www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Genome sequences of extant and extinct gibbons reveal their phylogeny, demographic history, and conservation status www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...

Multi-generational fitness legacies of natural immigration: theoretical and empirical perspectives and opportunities onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜 "Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework" www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵

Lessons learned: Recommendations for reproducible paleogenomic data analyses www.cell.com/ajhg/abstrac...

Tigers on the Move: The Impact of Climate Change on Tiger Distribution in Nepal onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Using miniaturized laboratory equipment and DNA barcoding to improve conservation genetics training and identify illegally traded species conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Individual variation within parasite communities of endangered African lions royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Climate change predicts Quaternary extinctions and extant genetic diversity in a threatened Australian lizard www.cell.com/current-biol...

Starting tomorrow, broadcast online: #Genomics for #Biodiversity Conference - from #genomes to impact ... join us! www.erga-biodiversity.eu/post/genomic...

About an hour before leaving, I realized that the backyard camera trap ran out of batteries. I charged 4 of them for an hour and then emptied all clocks and remote controls I could find. Hope this will do the trick for the next few weeks... 😬