Application landscape genetic in conservation and management of wildlife

Subject Areas : Water and Environment

hamidreza kabiri balajadeh ¹ , Hamid Reza Rezaei ²

1 - MSc, Natural Resources Engineering - Habitat and Biodiversity, Faculty of Environment and Energy, Science and reserch Branch, Tehran, Iran. *(Corresponding Author)
2 - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences a Natural Resources, Gorgan, Iran.

Received: 2016-12-13 Accepted : 2017-05-10 Published : 2019-03-21

Keywords: Landscape Genetic, Conservation, Wildlife Management,

Abstract :

Nowadays The habitat fragmentation is a major problem in environmental protection. Maintaining connection between habitats, a point of attractive in ecology and conservation of biodiversity and genetic. In this article, the Application landscape genetic in conservation and management of wild life will be Surveyed.landscape genetics new field of study is combinted of landscape ecology, population genetics and Spatial statistics. Landscape genetic is widely used in conservation biology. Landscape Genetics can also be used to assess the effectiveness of landscape conservation projects that are currently used. For example, the effect of structures in rivers on fish populations can be estimated and the differences in the methods of their connection are evaluated. On the other hand, landscae genetics can be used to plan a new conservation and management project. Different study methods exist in the land scape genetic species, which the land suitable for for the selection of suitable landforms for species. can be selected Including the various software and statistical methods, molecular markers and genetic methods for species used the landscape. therefore, the landscape genetics can be used as a suitable method for designing and controlling conservation and management measures for amphibians, reptiles, insects, birds capable of flying, plants and freshwater fish.

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