landscape genetics

Segelbacher G, Cushman SA, Epperson BK, Fortin M-J, Francois O, Hardy OJ, Holderegger R & Manel S 2010 Applications of landscape genetics in conservation biology: concepts and challenges. Conserv Genet 11:375-385.

• landscape genetics has developed into a field progressively adopting individual-based statistical analysis
• landscape genetics studies now often apply Bayesian clustering techniques to group samples into populations in a more objective way
• in situations where near-neighbour mating creates patterns of long range isolation-by distance, STRUCTURE identifies different numbers of clusters depending on the sampling scheme applied
• STRUCTURE may thus provide misleading population circumscriptions
• the effects of sampling scheme on individual-based landscape genetic analyses are yet largely unknown
• substantial simulation experiments are required to evaluate their potential impact