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Latitudinal genetic diversity gradients steepen toward the poles Open

Anne‐Céline Granjon, Michael Gerth, Chloé Schmidt · 2025

Latitudinal biodiversity gradients are among the best-described biogeographic patterns. However, there is little agreement on whether genetic diversity, the most fundamental level of biodiversity, is also latitudinally distributed. The con…

Variability, drivers, and utility of genetic diversity-area relationships in terrestrial vertebrates Open

Chloé Schmidt, Sean Hoban, Deborah M. Leigh, Walter Jetz, Colin J. Garroway · 2025

Maintaining genetic diversity within and among populations is critical for conservation and a prominent goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. However, direct estimates of genetic diversity are unavailable for most spe…

Urbanisation Is Associated With Reduced Genetic Diversity in Marine Fish Populations Open

Eleana Karachaliou, Chloé Schmidt, Evelien de Greef, Margaret F. Docker, Colin J. Garroway · 2025

The benefits to humans of living by the ocean have led many coastal settlements to grow into large, densely populated cities. Large coastal cities have had considerable environmental effects on marine ecosystems through resource extraction…

A Survey of Mammal and Fish Genetic Diversity Across the Global Protected Area Network Open

Chloé Schmidt, Eleana Karachaliou, Amy G. Vandergast, Eric D. Crandall, Jeff Falgout , et al. · 2025

Global conservation targets aim to expand protected areas and maintain species’ genetic diversity. Whether protected areas capture genetic diversity is unclear. We examined this question using a global sample of nuclear population‐level mi…

Strategies for advancing inclusive biodiversity research through equitable practices and collective responsibility Open

Jose W. Valdez, Gabriella Damasceno, Rachel Rui Ying Oh, Laura C. Quintero‐Uribe, Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa , et al. · 2024

Biodiversity research is essential for addressing the global biodiversity crisis, necessitating diverse participation and perspectives of researchers from a wide range of backgrounds. However, conservation faces a significant inclusivity p…

Moving to mate? Migration strategy does not predict genetic structure or diversity in bats (Chiroptera) Open

Alicia M. Korpach, Evelien de Greef, Levi Newediuk, Chloé Schmidt, Colin J. Garroway , et al. · 2024

How, when, and where animals move during mating periods directs gene-flow patterns across landscapes. Traits associated with movement, such as movement ability and migratory behaviour, are sometimes correlated with population genetic struc…

Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving Open

Deborah M. Leigh, Amy G. Vandergast, Margaret E. Hunter, Eric D. Crandall, W. Chris Funk , et al. · 2024

Interactions between climate change and urbanization will shape the future of biodiversity Open

Mark C. Urban, Marina Alberti, Luc De Meester, Yuyu Zhou, Brian C. Verrelli , et al. · 2024

The global protected area network does not harbor genetically diverse populations Open

Chloé Schmidt, Eleana Karachaliou, Amy G. Vandergast, Eric D. Crandall, Jeff Falgout , et al. · 2024

Global biodiversity conservation targets include expanding protected areas and maintaining genetic diversity within species by 2030. However, the extent to which existing protected areas capture genetic diversity within species is unclear.…

Urbanization is associated with reduced genetic diversity in marine fish populations Open

Eleana Karachaliou, Chloé Schmidt, Evelien de Greef, Margaret F. Docker, Colin J. Garroway · 2024

The economic and ecological benefits of living by the ocean have led many coastal settlements to grow into large densely populated cities. Large coastal cities have had considerable environmental effects on marine ecosystems through resour…

Structural and socioeconomic features of cities predict migratory bird species richness Open

Riikka P Kinnunen, Kevin C. Fraser, Chloé Schmidt, Colin J. Garroway · 2024

Cities are aggregates of human activities where our decisions shape the environment creating heterogeneity across urban centers that can have significant ecological effects on wildlife. Many bird species are found in cities during the bree…

Climate change, age acceleration, and the erosion of fitness in polar bears Open

Levi Newediuk, Evan S. Richardson, Brooke A. Biddlecombe, Haziqa Kassim, Leah Kathan , et al. · 2024

Climate change is increasingly disrupting evolved life history strategies and reducing population viability in wild species. Using estimates of epigenetic age acceleration, a cellular biomarker of lifetime stress and the expression of age-…

Natural selection is less efficient at species range edges Open

Chloé Schmidt, Jussi Mäkinen, J. LESSARD, Colin J. Garroway · 2023

Changing species distributions due to global change underscore a pressing need to better understand range limits. However, our knowledge of general determinants of range limits remains poor despite over a century of work. Theoretical model…

Promovendo a Pesquisa Inclusiva em Biodiversidade: Estratégias para Práticas Equitativas e Impacto Coletivo Open

Jose W. Valdez, Gabriella Damasceno, Rachel Rui Ying Oh, Laura Catalina Quintero Uribe, Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa , et al. · 2023

A pesquisa em biodiversidade é essencial para enfrentar a crise global de biodiversidade, exigindo perspectivas diversificadas. No entanto, este campo do conhecimento enfrenta um significativo problema de inclusão, uma vez que os conhecime…

Promoción de la investigación inclusiva sobre la biodiversidad: estrategias para prácticas equitativas e impacto colectivo Open

Jose W. Valdez, Gabriella Damasceno, Rachel Rui Ying Oh, Laura Catalina Quintero Uribe, Martha Paola Barajas Barbosa , et al. · 2023

La investigación sobre la biodiversidad es esencial para hacer frente a la crisis mundial de la biodiversidad, lo cual requiere una participación y perspectivas diversas. Sin embargo, el estudio de la biodiversidad se enfrenta actualmente …

Uneven genetic data limits biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally Open

Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Amy G. Vandergast, Chloé Schmidt, Deborah M. Leigh, Simon Blanchet , et al. · 2023

Increasing the extent of protected areas (PA) through 30x30 and other area-based conservation initiatives can help to achieve global biodiversity conservation goals across all biodiversity levels. However, intraspecific genetic variation, …

Migration distance and mating system are not associated with genetic diversity and differentiation among bats (Chiroptera) Open

Matt J. Thorstensen, Alicia M. Korpach, Evelien de Greef, Levi Newediuk, Chloé Schmidt , et al. · 2023

Genetic variation is critical for evolutionary responses to environmental change. Links between genetic variation and behavioural or life history traits may reveal how varied strategies influence evolutionary trends in speciation and adapt…

Don’t make genetic data disposable: Best practices for genetic and genomic data archiving Open

Deborah M. Leigh, Amy G. Vandergast, Maggie Hunter, Eric D. Crandall, W. Funk , et al. · 2023

In ecology and evolution, genetic and genomic data are commonly collected for a vast array of scientific and applied purposes. Despite mandates for public archiving, such data are typically used only once by the data-generating authors. Th…

Investigating the Relationship Between Body Shape and Life History Traits in Toothed Whales: Can Body Shape Predict Fast-Slow Life Histories? Open

Steven H. Ferguson, Jeff W. Higdon, Chloé Schmidt, Corinne Pomerleau, Cory J. D. Matthews · 2023

The evolution of plasticity at geographic range edges Open

Takuji Usui, David Lerner, Isaac Eckert, Amy L. Angert, Colin J. Garroway , et al. · 2023

Conservation macrogenetics Open

Chloé Schmidt, Sean Hoban, Walter Jetz · 2023

Genetic diversity is a core aspect of biodiversity that has been underrepresented in global conservation policy but is gaining rapidly increasing recognition. Conservation geneticists have traditionally focused on identifying, managing, an…

Genetic diversity and IUCN Red List status Open

Chloé Schmidt, Sean Hoban, Margaret E. Hunter, Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Colin J. Garroway · 2023

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List is an important and widely used tool for conservation assessment. The IUCN uses information about a species’ range, population size, habitat quality and fragmentation level…

Priorities for synthesis research in ecology and environmental science Open

Benjamin S. Halpern, Carl Boettiger, Michael C. Dietze, Jessica A. Gephart, Patrick González , et al. · 2023

Synthesis research in ecology and environmental science improves understanding, advances theory, identifies research priorities, and supports management strategies by linking data, ideas, and tools. Accelerating environmental challenges in…

Does body shape of toothed whales foretell fast-slow life histories? Open

Steven H. Ferguson, Jeff W. Higdon, Chloé Schmidt, Corinne Pomerleau, Cory J.D. Mat · 2022

A widespread pattern in vertebrate life-history evolution is for species to evolve towards either fast or slow life histories; however, the possible causes of this pattern are multiple. Toothed whales (Odontoceti) are a particularly specio…

Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity Open

Chloé Schmidt, Colin J. Garroway · 2022

In the United States, systemic racism has had lasting effects on the structure of cities, specifically due to government-mandated redlining policies that produced racially segregated neighborhoods that persist today. However, it is not kno…

The IUCN Red List is not sufficient to protect genetic diversity Open

Chloé Schmidt, Sean Hoban, Margaret Hunter, Ivan Paz‐Vinas, Colin J. Garroway · 2022

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List is an important and widely used conservation prioritization tool. It uses information about species range size, habitat quality and fragmentation levels, and trends in abun…

Serum biochemistry suggests a physiological response to environmental stress in a native urban Eastern Gray Squirrel (<i>Sciurus carolinensis</i>) population Open

Chloé Schmidt, Jason R. Treberg, Riikka P Kinnunen, Colin J. Garroway · 2022

Urban wildlife populations experience human-driven environmental changes that can be both beneficial and detrimental to individual health. We measured body condition and serum chemistry (electrolyte levels, markers of kidney and liver func…

The socioeconomic status of cities covaries with avian life‐history strategies Open

Riikka P Kinnunen, Kevin C. Fraser, Chloé Schmidt, Colin J. Garroway · 2022

Cities are the planet's newest ecosystem and thus provide the opportunity to study community formation directly following major permanent environmental change. The human social and built components of environments can vary widely in differ…

Population demography maintains biogeographic boundaries Open

Chloé Schmidt, Gabriel Muñoz, Lesley T. Lancaster, J. LESSARD, Katharine A. Marske , et al. · 2022

Global biodiversity is organized into biogeographic regions that comprise distinct biotas. The contemporary factors maintaining differences in species composition between biogeographic regions are poorly understood. Given the evidence that…

Data from: Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity Open

Chloé Schmidt, Colin J. Garroway · 2022

Data from: Schmidt and Garroway (2022) Systemic racism alters wildlife genetic diversity Paper: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2102860119 Pre-print: https://ecoevorxiv.org/wbq83/ Associated code is available on github: https://gi…

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