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Catherine E. Grueber

Catherine E. Grueber

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Ecology and Evolution

D-Index
42
Citations
7709
World Ranking
5528
National Ranking
441

Overview

Catherine E. Grueber is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research intersects the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Environmental Science. The primary subfields of study in their work include Genetics, Ecology, Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecological Modeling.

The main topics explored by this scientist focus on genetic diversity and population structure, genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock, wildlife ecology and conservation, environmental DNA in biodiversity studies, species distribution and climate change, genetic mapping and diversity in plants and animals, as well as evolution and genetic dynamics.

Frequent publication venues for their work include Conservation Genetics, Molecular Ecology Resources, Conservation Science and Practice, Biological Conservation, and BioScience.

Among their recent papers are:

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved (2020) published in Biological Conservation
  • Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition (2022) published in Biological reviews/Biological reviews of the Cambridge Philosophical Society
  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible (2021) published in BioScience
  • Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework (2023) published in Conservation Genetics
  • A demonstration of conservation genomics for threatened species management (2020) published in Molecular Ecology Resources

Collaborations frequently involve the following researchers:

  • Carolyn J. Hogg
  • Katherine Belov
  • Sean Hoban
  • Margaret E. Hunter
  • Linda Laikre

Best Publications

  • Multimodel inference in ecology and evolution: challenges and solutions

    C. E. Grueber;S. Nakagawa;R. J. Laws;I. G. Jamieson

  • Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

    Sean Hoban;Michael Bruford;Josephine D'Urban Jackson;Margarida Lopes-Fernandes

  • Global genetic diversity status and trends: towards a suite of Essential Biodiversity Variables (EBVs) for genetic composition

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  • Adaptation and conservation insights from the koala genome

    Rebecca N. Johnson;Rebecca N. Johnson;Denis O’Meally;Denis O’Meally;Zhiliang Chen;Graham J. Etherington

  • Heterogeneity in ecological and evolutionary meta‐analyses: its magnitude and implications

    Alistair M. Senior;Catherine E. Grueber;Tsukushi Kamiya;Malgorzata Lagisz

  • Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible.

    Sean Hoban;Michael W Bruford;W Chris Funk;Peter Galbusera

  • Inbreeding depression accumulation across life-history stages of the endangered Takahe.

    Catherine E. Grueber;Rebecca J. Laws;Shinichi Nakagawa;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Heterozygosity-fitness correlations and their relevance to studies on inbreeding depression in threatened species

    Catherine E Grueber;Graham P Wallis;Ian G Jamieson

  • Episodic positive selection in the evolution of avian toll-like receptor innate immunity genes.

    Catherine E. Grueber;Graham P. Wallis;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Genetic drift outweighs natural selection at toll-like receptor (TLR) immunity loci in a re-introduced population of a threatened species.

    Catherine E. Grueber;Graham P. Wallis;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Severe inbreeding depression and no evidence of purging in an extremely inbred wild species - the Chatham Island Black Robin

    Euan S. Kennedy;Catherine E. Grueber;Richard P. Duncan;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Variation at innate immunity Toll-like receptor genes in a bottlenecked population of a New Zealand robin.

    Catherine E. Grueber;Graham P. Wallis;Tania M. King;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Global meta-analysis shows action is needed to halt genetic diversity loss

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  • The imprecision of heterozygosity-fitness correlations hinders the detection of inbreeding and inbreeding depression in a threatened species.

    Catherine E. Grueber;Jonathan M. Waters;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Toll-like receptor diversity in 10 threatened bird species: relationship with microsatellite heterozygosity

    Catherine E. Grueber;Catherine E. Grueber;Gabrielle J. Knafler;Tania M. King;Alistair M. Senior

  • Fecal Viral Diversity of Captive and Wild Tasmanian Devils Characterized Using Virion-Enriched Metagenomics and Metatranscriptomics.

    Rowena Chong;Mang Shi;Catherine E. Grueber;Edward C. Holmes

  • A demonstration of conservation genomics for threatened species management.

    Belinda R. Wright;Katherine A. Farquharson;Elspeth A. McLennan;Katherine Belov

  • From reference genomes to population genomics: comparing three reference-aligned reduced-representation sequencing pipelines in two wildlife species.

    Belinda Wright;Katherine A. Farquharson;Elspeth A. McLennan;Katherine Belov

  • Quantifying and managing the loss of genetic variation in a free-ranging population of takahe through the use of pedigrees

    Catherine E. Grueber;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Simulating retention of rare alleles in small populations to assess management options for species with different life histories.

    Emily L. Weiser;Catherine E. Grueber;Ian G. Jamieson

  • Looking like the locals - gut microbiome changes post-release in an endangered species

    Rowena Chong;Catherine E. Grueber;Samantha Fox;Phil Wise

  • Complex problems need detailed solutions: Harnessing multiple data types to inform genetic management in the wild

    Catherine E. Grueber;Samantha Fox;Elspeth A. McLennan;Rebecca M. Gooley

  • Development of a SNP-based assay for measuring genetic diversity in the Tasmanian devil insurance population

    Belinda Wright;Katrina Morris;Catherine E. Grueber;Cali E. Willet

  • Mixing genetically differentiated populations successfully boosts diversity of an endangered carnivore

    E. A. McLennan;Catherine E. Grueber;P. Wise;K. Belov

Frequent Co-Authors

Katherine Belov
Katherine Belov University of Sydney
Ian G. Jamieson
Ian G. Jamieson University of Otago
Joachim Mergeay
Joachim Mergeay Research Institute for Nature and Forest
Bruce C. Robertson
Bruce C. Robertson University of Otago
Shinichi Nakagawa
Shinichi Nakagawa University of New South Wales
Graham P. Wallis
Graham P. Wallis University of Otago
Gernot Segelbacher
Gernot Segelbacher University of Freiburg
Sean Hoban
Sean Hoban Morton Arboretum
Myriam Heuertz
Myriam Heuertz University of Bordeaux
Michael William Bruford
Michael William Bruford Cardiff University

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