Laura Bertola

A new home is a death trap: Reinforcement at a translocation release site leads to fatalities in an endangered primate species The confiscation and release of animals into the wild are common conservation responses to the illegal wildlife trade, yet their effectiveness remains…

A new home is a death trap: Reinforcement at a translocation release site leads to fatalities in an endangered primate species
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Whole genomes reveal subpopulations and isolation-by-distance patterns in the Norwegian lemming - BMC Biology Background The Norwegian lemming (Lemmus lemmus) is a small rodent endemic to the Fennoscandian alpine and arctic tundra. The species is known for cyclic population outbreaks and mass movements during...

Whole genomes reveal subpopulations and isolation-by-distance patterns in the Norwegian lemming
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Biodiversity conservation and contestations over land: Jihadist expansion in West Africa Protected areas in Africa are sites of resource-related grievances and are located within socio-ecological landscapes where insurgent groups have incr…

Biodiversity conservation and contestations over land: Jihadist expansion in West Africa
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Reintroducing the red-tailed phascogale (Phascogale calura): insights from 20 years of translocation efforts
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Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects An assessment of sensitivity to increasing temperature for thousands of insect species in mountainous terrain reveals a risk of insect biodiversity loss in tropical lowlands.

Rising temperatures pose a threat to tropical insects
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Great discussions about the implementation of conservation genetics during the GENOA meeting in Kaunas, Lithuania. Happy to be part of such an open and welcoming community, with an important task ahead!

Urbanisation magnifies the effect of innovative behaviour on avian persistence and extinction risk Urbanisation is reshaping global biodiversity, yet species differ markedly in their ability to enter and persist in cities, with important consequence…

Urbanisation magnifies the effect of innovative behaviour on avian persistence and extinction risk
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Genomics of Sable (Martes zibellina) × Pine Marten (Martes martes) Hybridization Abstract. The sable (Martes zibellina) and pine marten (Martes martes) are two Palearctic mustelids with long-recognized hybrids (kidases), whose fertility

Genomics of Sable (Martes zibellina) × Pine Marten (Martes martes) Hybridization
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Escaping bottlenecks: The demographic path to genetic recovery in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus) Population bottlenecks can lead to evolutionary dead ends by eroding genetic diversity and intensifying inbreeding. Although theory predicts possible escape routes, direct observations of this process...

Escaping bottlenecks: The demographic path to genetic recovery in koalas (Phascolarctos cinereus)
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An Evolving View of Species Tree Inference Abstract. Nearly all modern studies that address evolutionary questions require consideration of the phylogenetic relationships among species. But what, ex

An Evolving View of Species Tree Inference
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Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature - Nature A survey of tropical insect populations and thermal tolerance limits indicates that species from lowland areas have low capacity to survive increased temperatures, and that thermal tolerance is limite...

Limited thermal tolerance in tropical insects and its genomic signature
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Made it!

Made it to Vilnius, onwards to Kaunas for the GENOA meeting (Genetic Nature Observation and Action). Looking forward to catching up and discussing conservation genetics with everybody!

Acceleration hotspots of North American birds’ decline are associated with agriculture Human activities might have accelerated declines of population abundance, but this acceleration remains underexplored. Using 1033 North American Breeding Bird Survey routes, we analyze abundance chang...

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When I lost my university email, my identity as a scientist took an unexpected hit “My scientific life [had] gathered there, thread by thread,” this researcher writes

I probably had 6 different institutional emails in the past 10 years. Almost all my professional communication goes through my personal email, sometimes to the frustration of my (past) employers. Not ideal, but I haven't found another way to stay on top of things...
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Genomic erosion in the assessment of species' extinction risk and recovery potential Abstract. Many species are undergoing rapid population declines and environmental deterioration, leading to genomic erosion. Here we define genomic erosion

Genomic erosion in the assessment of species' extinction risk and recovery potential
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Topological Approaches in Animal Comparative Genomics The surge in chromosome-scale genome sequences from across the tree of life, as well as new comparative methods, has made it possible to study the impact of genomic changes on macroevolution. In this ...

Topological Approaches in Animal Comparative Genomics
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Assessing Oxford Nanopore-based eDNA metabarcoding for carnivore monitoring in Saudi Arabia: detection of Arabian leopard DNA as a case study - Conservation Genetics Resources We evaluated the performance of Oxford Nanopore Technologies (ONT) for high-throughput environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding of carnivores in arid environments. Using ONT sequencing combined with the...

Assessing Oxford Nanopore-based eDNA metabarcoding for carnivore monitoring in Saudi Arabia: detection of Arabian leopard DNA as a case study
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Evolution, genomics and conservation of butterflies and moths - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Butterflies and moths are key indicators of functioning and healthy ecosystems around the world. This Review describes the evolutionary history of the order Lepidoptera and tracks shifts in researcher...

Evolution, genomics and conservation of butterflies and moths
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Conservation targets and how to achieve them Abstract. The fifteenth Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity adopted four Global Goals for 2050 and 23 Targets for 2030. One

Conservation targets and how to achieve them
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Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

Strengthening responsibilities to face global crises: A call to ecologists, environmental scientists and their societies
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BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding The BirT primers target the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene and are designed for avian eDNA metabarcoding. They safeguard against the amplification of mammal, fish and amphibian DNA and were successfully...

BirT: A Novel Primer Pair for Avian Environmental DNA Metabarcoding
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Building the backbone for Europe’s biodiversity monitoring - Nature Reviews Biodiversity Understanding biodiversity loss and achieving global commitments requires effective biodiversity monitoring. This Roadmap outlines the necessary steps to achieve a transnational European Biodiversity ...

Building the backbone for Europe’s biodiversity monitoring
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A comparison of protocols for isolating and extracting host DNA from caribou (Rangifer tarandus) fecal pellets - Conservation Genetics Resources Conservation Genetics Resources - Fecal samples are valuable for wildlife genetic studies where invasive tissue sampling is difficult, expensive, or negatively impacts welfare. However, fecal DNA...

A comparison of protocols for isolating and extracting host DNA from caribou (Rangifer tarandus) fecal pellets
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Finally out in its final form, Open Access:
"Conserving Genetic and Genomic Diversity in Accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework"
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Network-based genetic monitoring of landscape fragmentation
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Genetic hotspots for conserving Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity Lau et al. examine multi-species genetic patterns of Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity to identify genetic hotspot areas for priority conservation.

Genetic hotspots for conserving Southern Ocean benthic biodiversity
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Genotyping Contemporary Captive and Historical Wild Western Lowland Gorillas Indicates Captive Breeding Is Maintaining Genetic Diversity in a Critically Endangered Primate Captive populations of threatened species risk losing genetic diversity over time. We evaluated the genetic status of contemporary captive western lowland gorillas (Gorilla gorilla gorilla) at Howlet...

Genotyping Contemporary Captive and Historical Wild Western Lowland Gorillas Indicates Captive Breeding Is Maintaining Genetic Diversity in a Critically Endangered Primate
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Shifting baselines increase the risk of misinterpreting biodiversity trends Ecological studies quantifying the impact of land-use change on biodiversity may be sensitive to the choice of reference points – or baselines – particularly when sampling across human land-use gradi...

Shifting baselines increase the risk of misinterpreting biodiversity trends
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Unlocking natural history collections to improve eDNA reference databases and biodiversity monitoring Abstract. Biodiversity changes due to human activities highlight the need for efficient biodiversity monitoring approaches. Environmental DNA (eDNA) metaba

Unlocking natural history collections to improve eDNA reference databases and biodiversity monitoring
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