Catherine Grueber

Catherine Grueber

@cegrueber.bsky.social

Conservation biologist at The University of Sydney using population genetics, statistics and collaboration to help preserve biodiversity. Views my own.

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Catherine Grueber
@cegrueber.bsky.social

Come and join us at #ICCB25!

The Coalition for Conservation Genetics@coalitioncongen.bsky.social

Are you attending #ICCB25? Join this free workshop on monitoring #GeneticDiversity 🧬using ecological and genetic data. 🗓 Sign up by June 3! Watch this video for how to register: www.loom.com/share/60478c... @iccb2025.bsky.social @robynshaw.bsky.social @cegrueber.bsky.social @annamac.bsky.social

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Joachim Mergeay
@jmergeay.bsky.social

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And a note to all authors in #consgen and #evolution: REPORT your standard errors, variance or confidence intervals in the papers for every summary stat that you provide! In the meta-analyses we had to skip thousands of papers for this reason.

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Joachim Mergeay
@jmergeay.bsky.social

I love it when a plan comes together.

Nature@nature.com

An analysis of published data reveals how genetic diversity has been changing in populations of 622 terrestrial and marine species and the effectiveness of different types of intervention to boost genetic diversity https://go.nature.com/3CwUUaN

go.nature.comConservation strategies aided by assessment of global genetic diversityAssessment of how genetic diversity has been changing.

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Robyn Shaw
@robynshaw.bsky.social

We’ve also created a 2-page policy brief for anyone wanting to learn more about conserving #GeneticDiversity- available in 14 languages (and more to come)! Follow the link below ⬇️ url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/uWHeC71Zo8...

Robyn Shaw@robynshaw.bsky.social

Thrilled to see our paper out in @nature.com! Huge thanks to @cegrueber.bsky.social @katefarquharson.bsky.social & the core team for a mammoth effort over 6yrs! Privileged to work with 57 scientists who spent many hours screening papers & more. Missing the late Mike Bruford-who helped inspire it all

Catherine Grueber
@cegrueber.bsky.social

It’s not all doom and gloom! We show in @nature.com that genetic diversity is in decline, but in @theconversation.com we dive into five strategies to help maintain or restore biodiversity @robynshaw.bsky.social @katefarquharson.bsky.social theconversation.com/gene-pools-a... 🧪🌍🦤🧬 #consgen #popgen

theconversation.comGene pools are getting dangerously shallow for many species. We found 5 ways to helpGenetic diversity is being lost across many species – especially birds and mammals. But you can help stop the decline.

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W. Chris Funk
@fieldgenomics.bsky.social

Congratulations to @robynshaw.bsky.social, @cegrueber.bsky.social, and too many other friends to list here on this important paper in @nature.com on the global extent of genetic diversity loss. It was a pleasure discussing it w/ Elizabeth Pennisi from @science.org. www.science.org/content/arti...

science.orgWide range of Earth’s species are showing a decline in diversityThe loss of genetic variation means species may be less resilient to climate change and other stressors
Catherine Grueber
@cegrueber.bsky.social

We reviewed over 30 years of published literature and identified studies from 141 countries representing all terrestrial and most marine realms, including 628 species from 37 classes across 16 phyla to provide a field-wide view of how genetic diversity change is measured.

Catherine Grueber
@cegrueber.bsky.social

Human activities such as land use change, introduced disease, harvesting and harassment are negatively impacting genetic diversity within species. However, conservation management actions such as supplementation show promise in maintaining or even increasing genetic diversity.

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