Conserve the eco-evolutionary dynamic, not the subspecies: phenological divergence and gene flow between temporal cohorts of Euphilotes ancilla endemic to southern Nevada

Abstract

Conserve the eco-evolutionary dynamic, not the subspecies: Phenological divergence and gene flow between temporal cohorts of Euphilotes ancilla endemic to southern Nevada. Conservation Genetics, 21(2), 341-357.

Managing hybridization beyond the natural‐anthropogenic dichotomy

“…[2014] on “evolutionary enlightened management”). There is increasing evidence that hybridization is actually common and integral to these processes because species boundaries are not as fixed as it was previously thought (Quilodrán et al., 2018; Thompson et al., 2020). Legal protection should be granted to all hybrids that benefit these processes, regardless of their origin.…”

“…We also frame this in the broader view that the ultimate goal of management should be to conserve not species purity in and of itself, but rather dynamic ecoevolutionary processes (e.g., gene flow and adaptation) (for extensive empirical examples, see Smith et al [2014]), which are increasingly recognized as essential aspects of population persistence (see Smith et al [2014] on "evolutionary enlightened management"). There is increasing evidence that hybridization is actually common and integral to these processes because species boundaries are not as fixed as it was previously thought (Quilodrán et al, 2018;Thompson et al, 2020). Legal protection should be granted to all hybrids that benefit these processes, regardless of their origin.…”