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Past, present and future contributions of evolutionary biology to wildlife forensics, management and conservation

Bourret Vincent, Albert Vicky, April Julien, Côté Guillaume et Morissette Olivier. (2020). Past, present and future contributions of evolutionary biology to wildlife forensics, management and conservation. Evolutionary Applications, 13, (6), p. 1420-1434.

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URL officielle: https://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1111/eva.12977

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Successfully implementing fundamental concepts into concrete applications is challenging in any given field. It requires communication, collaboration and shared will between researchers and practitioners. We argue that evolutionary biology, through research work linked to conservation, management and forensics, had a significant impact on wildlife agencies and department practices, where new frameworks and applications have been implemented over the last decades. The Quebec government's Wildlife Department (MFFP: Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs) has been proactive in reducing the “research–implementation” gap, thanks to prolific collaborations with many academic researchers. Among these associations, our department's outstanding partnership with Dr. Louis Bernatchez yielded significant contributions to harvest management, stocking programmes, definition of conservation units, recovery of threatened species, management of invasive species and forensic applications. We discuss key evolutionary biology concepts and resulting concrete examples of their successful implementation that derives directly or indirectly from this successful partnership. While old and new threats to wildlife are bringing new challenges, we expect recent developments in eDNA and genomics to provide innovative solutions as long as the research–implementation bridge remains open.

Type de document:Article publié dans une revue avec comité d'évaluation
ISSN:1752-4571
Volume:13
Numéro:6
Pages:p. 1420-1434
Version évaluée par les pairs:Oui
Date:2020
Identifiant unique:10.1111/eva.12977
Sujets:Sciences naturelles et génie > Sciences naturelles > Biologie et autres sciences connexes
Département, module, service et unité de recherche:Unités de recherche > Centre de recherche sur la Boréalie (CREB)
Unités de recherche > Chaire de recherche sur les espèces aquatiques exploitées (CREAE)
Mots-clés:conservation, eDNA, forensic, genetics, genomics, management, wildlife
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Dernière modification:15 juin 2023 15:51
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