Monitoring of genetic diversity in moose with new indicators
Linda Laikre1
Department of Zoology, Stockholm University, Stockholms universitet, SE10691 Sweden
Abstract Genetic diversity is a key aspect of biological diversity that is critical for long-term survival and resilience of animal and plant populations. We have recently developed new indicators to monitor trends in genetic diversity and these are being applied to a few selected species in Sweden including moose. The moose in Sweden is genetically structured into a northern and a southern cluster. While monitoring over 100 years indicate a good conservation genetic situation in Northern Sweden, warning signals are shown for the southern clusters. These recent results will be presented and their implications discussed.