Population genomics is revolutionizing wildlife biology, conservation, and management by providing key and novel insights into genetic, population and landscape-level processes in wildlife, with unprecedented power and accuracy. This pioneering book presents the advances and potential of population genomics in wildlife, outlining key population genomics concepts and questions in wildlife biology, population genomics approaches that are specifically applicable to wildlife, and application of population genomics in wildlife population and evolutionary biology, ecology, adaptation and conservation and management. It is important for students, researchers, and wildlife professionals to understand the growing set of population genomics tools that can address issues from delineation of wildlife populations to assessing their capacity to adapt to environmental change. This book brings together leading experts in wildlife population genomics to discuss the key areas of the field, as well as challenges, opportunities and future prospects of wildlife population genomics.

Is the first book on wildlife population genomics Provides a comprehensive overview of population genomics of wildlife and its application in addressing basic and applied aspects of wildlife biology, conservation and management Presents the current state-of-the-art and serves as a foundation for future developments in the field Will appeal to a wide readership, including undergraduate and graduate students, researchers in academic and government institutions, and wildlife biologists involved in management and conservation

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Dr. Paul A. HohenloheAssociate ProfessorUniversity of Idaho Department of Biological SciencesInstitute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies Moscow, IDUSA Dr. Om P. RajoraProfessorUniversity of New BrunswickFaculty of Forestry and Environmental ManagementFredericton, NBCanada

Inhalt
Part I: Introduction.- Population Genomics of Wildlife: Research Goals, Approaches and Applications.- Part II: Wildlife Sampling and Genomics Technologies.- Advances in Using Non-invasive, Archival, and Environmental Samples for Population Genomic Studies.- Environmental Population Genomics: Challenges and Opportunities.- Surmounting the Large-Genome Problem for Genomic Data Generation in Salamanders.- Part III: Wildlife Populations: Ecology, Evolution and Adaptation.- Landscape Genomics for Wildlife Research.- Population Genomics of Ungulates.- Advancing Understanding of Amphibian Evolution, Ecology, Behavior, and Conservation with Massively Parallel Sequencing.- Population Genomics of Birds: Evolutionary History and Conservation.- Population Genomics Provides Key Insights into Admixture, Speciation, and Evolution of Closely Related Ducks of the Mallard Complex.- Part IV: Challenges Facing Wildlife Populations.- Population Genomics and Wildlife Adaptation in the Face of ClimateChange.- Applications of Population Genomics for understanding and Mitigating Wildlife Disease.- Population Genomics of Wildlife Cancer.- Part V: Wildlife Conservation and Management.- Population Genomics for the Management of Wild Vertebrate Populations.- Genomics for Genetic Rescue.- Ex Situ Wildlife Conservation in the Age of Population Genomics.- Population Genomics Advances and Opportunities in Conservation of Kiwi ( Apteryx spp.).- The Transformative Impact of Genomics on Sage-Grouse Conservation and Management.