@article{0b10dd8e05a04dd79115a4a67d3006c3,
title = "Genetic effects of harvest on wild animal populations",
abstract = "Human harvest of animals in the wild occurs in terrestrial and aquatic habitats throughout the world and is often intense. Harvest has the potential to cause three types of genetic change: alteration of population subdivision, loss of genetic variation, and selective genetic changes. To sustain the productivity of harvested populations, it is crucial to incorporate genetic considerations into management. Nevertheless, it is not necessary to disentangle genetic and environmental causes of phenotypic changes to develop management plans for individual species. We recommend recognizing that some genetic change due to harvest is inevitable. Management plans should be developed by applying basic genetic principles combined with molecular genetic monitoring to minimize harmful genetic change.",
author = "Allendorf, {Fred W.} and England, {Phillip R.} and Gordon Luikart and Ritchie, {Peter A.} and Nils Ryman",
note = "Funding Information: F.W.A. was partially supported by a Gledden Fellowship from the University of Western Australia, and G.L. was supported by the Portuguese-American Foundation for Development and CIBIO-UP, Portugal. We thank R. Waples for help with the term {\textquoteleft}exploitative selection,{\textquoteright} F. Utter and colleagues for helpful suggestions, J.E. Seeb for the description of the use of genetic data to manage the Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishery and Loo Botsford and Dave Armstrong for their help with male-biased harvest of marine crustaceans. We thank Mikko Heino and four anonymous reviewers for their detailed and helpful suggestions. This paper is based partially upon work supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation under grant DEB 0742181. ",
year = "2008",
month = jun,
doi = "10.1016/j.tree.2008.02.008",
language = "English",
volume = "23",
pages = "327--337",
journal = "Trends in Ecology and Evolution",
issn = "0169-5347",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "6",
}