Highways block gene flow and cause a rapid decline in genetic diversity of desert bighorn sheep

By C. Epps, P. Palsbøll, J. Wehausen, G. Roderick, R. R. Ramey, D. McCullough. 2005

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Phylogeography's past, present, and future: 10 years after Avise, 2000. (2010, background): “…al., 2007; Berthier et al., 2006; Boul et al., 2007; Burridge et al., 2008; Carstens et al., 2005a; DeChaine and Martin, 2005; Eckert et al., 2008; Epps et al., 2005; Hickerson and Cunningham, 2005; Knowles, 2001; Mardulyn and Milinkovitch, 2005; Milot et al., 2000; Moya et al., 2007; Nettel and…”
Grizzly bears and forestry: II: Grizzly bear habitat selection and conflicts with road placement (2008, background): “, 2007), decreasinggene flow across major thoroughfares (Alexander and Waters, 2000; Kaczenskyet al., 2003; Epps et al., 2005;Waller andServheen, 2005), and increasing mortality due to both improved access for hunters”
Optimizing dispersal and corridor models using landscape genetics (2007, unknown): “However, the small size of these populations and the detectable effect of barriers present for only six to seven generations (Epps et al. 2005) suggest that in this case we can still make useful inferences about movement of bighorn sheep on the recent landscape as well as identify factors likely to…”
The influence of body-size and diet on road-kill trends in mammals (2010, background): “Although mammals are often the most frequent vertebrate taxon detected in road-kill surveys and many studies have reported lists of mammalian road-kill ( Dreyer 1935; Warren 1936; Scott 1938; McClure 1951; Wilkins and Schmidly 1980; Glista and DeVault 2008), few have attempted to determine what por”
Putting the ‘landscape’ in landscape genetics (2007, background): “For example, Epps et al. (2005) evaluated genetic diversity and structure in 27 desert bighorn sheep populations (Ovis canadensis nelsoni) and showed that diversity was negatively correlated with fenced highways, canals and human development.”
Relative effects of road mortality and decreased connectivity on population genetic diversity (2011, background): “In addition, because genetic divergence responds more quickly than genetic diversity to road effects, metrics that assess fragmentation are more likely to yield a pattern than metrics that assess diversity, and may thus be more attractive to (and more often reported by) researchers (although very ra”
Landscape genetics: where are we now? (2010, background): “…roads and other human development have been identified as barriers across several taxonomic groups, including carnivores (Riley et al. 2006; Millions & Swanson 2007), ungulates (Epps et al. 2005; Kuehn et al. 2007; PerezEspona et al. 2008) and amphibians (Manier & Arnold 2006; Murphy et al. 2010).”
Applications of landscape genetics in conservation biology: concepts and challenges (2010, background): “Although landscape genetics is gaining increasing interest, there are still few examples where landscape genetic approaches have been successfully applied to the practical conservation management of species (but see e.g. Epps et al. 2005; Vignieri 2005; Riley et al. 2006; Segelbacher et al. 2008).”
Ecological connectivity research in urban areas (2015, background): “The success of these movements influences the survival of individuals and consequently the transfer of genes (e.g. Epps et al. 2005; Cushman & Lewis 2010), ultimately affecting population dynamics, the distribution of species and ecosystem functioning (Jeltsch et al. 2013).”
Placing linkages among fragmented habitats: do least‐cost models reflect how animals use landscapes? (2011, background): “For example, gene flow estimates (Epps et al. 2005, 2007) suggest that in our bighorn sheep example, only the corridors produced by the Optimized and Incomplete models would serve a connective function (21Æ6 and 28Æ5 km along-path lengths respectively) while the Expert and Optimized Local…”
Wildlife Population Structure and Parasite Transmission: Implications for Disease Management (2009, methodology): “5 Differences in movement and dispersal between male and female white-tailed deer may also be a significant component of CWD distribution across the landscape, especially in areas where animals do not show seasonal migration.”
Moving in the Anthropocene: Global reductions in terrestrial mammalian movements (2018, background): “exclusive mechanisms; 1) movement barriers such as habitat change & fragmentation (19, 20); 293”
Statistical approaches in landscape genetics: an evaluation of methods for linking landscape and genetic data (2009, background): “Scenario E landscape boundaries: genetic structure can also be influenced by distinct landscape boundaries, for example changes in habitat types, roads, or rivers (Sacks et al. 2004, Epps et al. 2005).”
Demographic effects of road mortality in black ratsnakes (Elaphe obsoleta) (2007, unknown): “Roads affect their surrounding environment in many ways that are detrimental to the neighboring animal populations (Forman and Alexander, 1998).”
Conservation biogeography of the US–Mexico border: a transcontinental risk assessment of barriers to animal dispersal (2011, background): “We emphasize that dispersal barriers need not be completely impermeable to have significant effects on populations (Levins, 1970; With et al., 1997; Keitt et al., 2001; Epps et al., 2005).”
Toad on the road: use of roads as dispersal corridors by cane toads (Bufo marinus) at an invasion front in tropical Australia. (2006, background): “Analyses of radio-tracking, markrecapture, and molecular data all suggest that road avoidance may be widespread (Mader, 1984; Trombulak and Frissell, 2000; Develey and Stouffer, 2001; Epps et al., 2005).”