Christiane Frosch

TL;DR: An assessment of genetic population structure of brown bears in Bulgaria is provided by analysing tissue samples as well as samples collected with noninvasive genetic methods, including hair and faecal samples, to reveal the presence of weak genetic substructure in the study area with considerable degrees of genetic admixture.

TL;DR: The analyses confirm a relatively continuous spatial presence of wildcats across large parts of the study area in contrast to previous analyses indicating a highly fragmented distribution, and suggest that wildcat conservation and management should take advantage of the higher than previously assumed dispersal potential of wild Cats may use wildlife corridors very efficiently.

TL;DR: The four Icelandic vagrants encompassed similar genetic variability as any four randomly picked individuals from a single subpopulation or from the entire sample, suggesting that this is a consequence of the low overall genetic variability and weak range-wide genetic structuring of polar bears.

TL;DR: It is shown that beavers from at least four source origins currently form admixed, genetically diverse populations that spread across the study region, and argued that admixture between different beaver source populations should be generally accepted.

TL;DR: The capacity of medium density genetic data (hundreds of SNPs) to provide information suitable for applied conservation is demonstrated and the difficulty of balancing the need for high genetic diversity against phylogenetic best fit when choosing source population(s) for reintroduction is discussed.