Nature Communications (Nov 2018)
Demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by human exploitation, ecology and life-history
- 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
Affiliations
- M. A. Stoffel
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University
- E. Humble
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University
- A. J. Paijmans
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University
- K. Acevedo-Whitehouse
- Unit for Basic and Applied Microbiology, School of Natural Sciences, Autonomous University of Queretaro
- B. L. Chilvers
- Wildbase, Institute of Veterinary, Animal and Biomedical Science, Massey University
- B. Dickerson
- National Marine Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- F. Galimberti
- Elephant Seal Research Group
- N. J. Gemmell
- Department of Anatomy, University of Otago
- S. D. Goldsworthy
- South Australian Research and Development Institute
- H. J. Nichols
- School of Natural Sciences and Psychology, Faculty of Science, Liverpool John Moores University
- O. Krüger
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University
- S. Negro
- UMR de Génétique Quantitative et Évolution – Le Moulon, INRA, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay
- A. Osborne
- School of Biological Sciences, University of Canterbury
- T. Pastor
- EUROPARC Federation, Carretera de l’Església, 92
- B. C. Robertson
- Department of Zoology, University of Otago
- S. Sanvito
- Elephant Seal Research Group
- J. K. Schultz
- National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- A. B. A. Shafer
- Forensic Science & Environmental Life Sciences, Trent University
- J. B. W. Wolf
- Division of Evolutionary Biology, Faculty of Biology, LMU Munich
- J. I. Hoffman
- Department of Animal Behaviour, Bielefeld University
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06695-z
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 9,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 12
Abstract
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.
