Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of AmericaConservation of Natural ResourcesEndangered SpeciesAdaptationPhysiologicalAnimals
Conservation should assume realistic adaptive capacities.
Mark C Urban, Chris S Elphick, Daniel I Bolnick
Published: 202610.1073/pnas.2415291123
Abstract
Conservation actions often assume implicitly that heritabilities are zero and that threatened populations cannot adapt to changing environments. To illustrate, we evaluated the last 10 y of recovery plans for US threatened and endangered species and…
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