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ArticleEcology and evolution2023

An evaluation of isolation by distance and isolation by resistance on genetic structure of the Persian squirrel (

Marzieh Asadi Aghbolaghi, Nusha Keyghobadi, Zeinab Azarakhsh, Marzieh Dadizadeh, Shahab Asadi Aghbolaghi, Navid Zamani

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Marzieh Asadi AghbolaghiDepartment of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Management, Environmental Sciences Research Institute Shahid Beheshti University Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3507-9305
Nusha KeyghobadiDepartment of Biology The University of Western Ontario London Canada.
Zeinab AzarakhshCenter of Remote Sensing and GIS Research, Faculty of Earth Sciences Shahid Beheshti University Tehran Iran.
Marzieh DadizadehCenter of Remote Sensing and GIS Research, Faculty of Earth Sciences Shahid Beheshti University Tehran Iran.
Shahab Asadi AghbolaghiDepartment of Education of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province (Ministry of Education) Shahrekord Iran.
Navid ZamaniDepartment of Environmental Science, Faculty of Natural Resource University of Kurdistan Sanandaj Iran.
Shahid Beheshti University · IRShahrekord University · IRUniversity of Kurdistan · IRWestern University · CA

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For the conservation of wild species, it is important to understand how landscape change and land management can affect gene flow and movement. Landscape genetic analyses provide a powerful approach to infer effects of various landscape factors on gene flow, thereby informing conservation actions. The Persian squirrel is a keystone species in the woodlands and oak forests of Western Asia, where it has experienced recent habitat loss and fragmentation. We conducted landscape genetic analyses of individuals sampled in the northern Zagros Mountains of Iran (provinces of Kurdistan, Kermanshah, and Ilam), focusing on the evaluation of isolation by distance (IBD) and isolation by resistance (IBR), using 16 microsatellite markers. The roles of geographical distance and landscape features including roads, rivers, developed areas, farming and agriculture, forests, lakes, plantation forests, rangelands, shrublands, and rocky areas of varying canopy cover, and swamp margins on genetic structure were quantified using individual-based approaches and resistance surface modeling. We found a significant pattern of IBD but only weak support for an effect of forest cover on genetic structure and gene flow. It seems that geographical distance is an important factor limiting the dispersal of the Persian squirrel in this region. The results of the current study inform ongoing conservation programs for the Persian squirrel in the Zagros oak forest.

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IBD and IBRlandscape geneticSciurus anomalusZagros forest

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