Recent demographic histories and genetic diversity across pinnipeds are shaped by anthropogenic interactions and mediated by ecology and life-history
M. A. Stoffel, E. Humble, K. Acevedo-Whitehouse, B. L. Chilvers, B. Dickerson, F. Galimberti, N. Gemmell, S. D. Goldsworthy, H. J. Nichols, O. Krueger, S. Negro, A. Osborne, A. J. Paijmans, T. Pastor, B. C. Robertson, , J. I. Hoffman
The paper examines genetic diversity in pinnipeds, showing that recent population declines are linked to historical commercial exploitation, ecology, and life history traits, with no direct correlation to IUCN status.
bioRxiv · Apr 12, 2018Evolutionary Biology