Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history
Historical hunting has caused documented declines in pinnipeds, but the extent to which hunting caused genetic bottlenecks among species was unknown. Here, the authors show evidence of severe bottlenecks in several pinniped species, particularly those that breed on land.
Bibliographic Details
| Main Authors: |
M. A. Stoffel,
E. Humble,
A. J. Paijmans,
K. Acevedo-Whitehouse,
B. L. Chilvers,
B. Dickerson,
F. Galimberti,
N. J. Gemmell,
S. D. Goldsworthy,
H. J. Nichols,
O. Krüger,
S. Negro,
A. Osborne,
T. Pastor,
B. C. Robertson,
S. Sanvito,
J. K. Schultz,
A. B. A. Shafer,
J. B. W. Wolf,
J. I. Hoffman |
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| Format: | Article
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2018-11-01
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| Series: | Nature Communications
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06695-z
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