Jakub Stoklosa

TL;DR: A case is made for the use of model-based approaches for the analysis of community data, with an emphasis on key features arising in a multivariate context, to provide insights into ecological problems not previously available.

TL;DR: GLMs are thought to fit count data well, and when any necessary steps are taken to correct type I error rates, they should be used rather than LMs, and tests based on models that better fit the data tend to have better power properties and in some instances have considerably higher power.

TL;DR: Increased hybrid fitness in a rescued population of the mountain pygmy possum is reported, which likely contributed to population growth following genetic rescue, and points to genetic rescue as being a potentially useful option for the recovery of small threatened populations.

TL;DR: It is shown that drift processes are likely to be driving uniqueness in populations of many threatened species as a result of small population size and fragmentation, and strategies need to focus on the preservation of genetic diversity at the species level.

TL;DR: The genetic diversity within these two island populations of the platypus is assessed and these patterns are contrasted with genetic diversity estimates in areas from which the populations are likely to have been founded and Implications for the future of these and similarly isolated or genetically depauperate populations are discussed.