Small effective population size in the long‐toed salamander

Molecular Ecology - Tập 8 Số 10 - Trang 1633-1640 - 1999
W. Chris Funk1, David A. Tallmon1, Fred W. Allendorf1
1Division of Biological Sciences, University of Montana, Missoula, MT, 59812, USA

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AbstractThe effective population sizes (Ne) of six populations of the long‐toed salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum) from Montana and Idaho, USA were estimated from allozyme data from samples collected in 1978, 1996 and 1997 using the temporal allele frequency method. Five of the six estimates ranged from 23 to 207 (mean = 123 ± 79); one estimate was indistinguishable from infinity. In order to infer the actual Ne of salamander populations, we compared the frequency distribution of our observed Ne estimates with distributions obtained from simulated populations of known Ne. Our observed Ne estimate distribution was consistent with distributions from simulated populations with Ne values of 10, 25, and 50, suggesting an actual Ne for each of the six salamander populations of less than 100. This Ne estimate agrees with most other Ne estimates for amphibians. We conclude by discussing the conservation implications of small Ne values in amphibians in the context of increasing isolation of populations due to habitat fragmentation.

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Molecular Ecology

Tập 8 Số 10

1633-1640

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