TY  - JOUR
A1  - Casas-Marce, Mireia
A1  - Marmesat, Elena
A1  - Soriano, Laura
A1  - Martinez-Cruz, Begona
A1  - Lucena-Perez, Maria
A1  - Nocete, Francisco
A1  - Rodriguez-Hidalgo, Antonio
A1  - Canals, Antoni
A1  - Nadal, Jordi
A1  - Detry, Cleia
A1  - Bernaldez-Sanchez, Eloisa
A1  - Fernandez-Rodriguez, Carlos
A1  - Perez-Ripoll, Manuel
A1  - Stiller, Mathias
A1  - Hofreiter, Michael
A1  - Rodriguez, Alejandro
A1  - Revilla, Eloy
A1  - Delibes, Miguel
A1  - Godoy, Jose A.
T1  - Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Genetic Variation in the Iberian Lynx along Its Path to Extinction Reconstructed with Ancient DNA
JF  - Molecular biology and evolution
N2  - There is the tendency to assume that endangered species have been both genetically and demographically healthier in the past, so that any genetic erosion observed today was caused by their recent decline. The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) suffered a dramatic and continuous decline during the 20th century, and now shows extremely low genome- and species-wide genetic diversity among other signs of genomic erosion. We analyze ancient (N = 10), historical (N = 245), and contemporary (N = 172) samples with microsatellite and mitogenome data to reconstruct the species' demography and investigate patterns of genetic variation across space and time. Iberian lynx populations transitioned from low but significantly higher genetic diversity than today and shallow geographical differentiation millennia ago, through a structured metapopulation with varying levels of diversity during the last centuries, to two extremely genetically depauperate and differentiated remnant populations by 2002. The historical subpopulations show varying extents of genetic drift in relation to their recent size and time in isolation, but these do not predict whether the populations persisted or went finally extinct. In conclusion, current genetic patterns were mainly shaped by genetic drift, supporting the current admixture of the two genetic pools and calling for a comprehensive genetic management of the ongoing conservation program. This study illustrates how a retrospective analysis of demographic and genetic patterns of endangered species can shed light onto their evolutionary history and this, in turn, can inform conservation actions.
KW  - Iberian lynx
KW  - ancient DNA
KW  - paleogenetics
KW  - genetic erosion
KW  - endangered species
Y1  - 2017
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msx222
SN  - 0737-4038
SN  - 1537-1719
VL  - 34
SP  - 2893
EP  - 2907
PB  - Oxford Univ. Press
CY  - Oxford
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Tiberius, Victor
A1  - Stiller, Laura
A1  - Dabić, Marina
T1  - Sustainability beyond economic prosperity
BT  - social microfoundations of dynamic capabilities in family businesses
JF  - Technological forecasting and social change
N2  - Family businesses strive not only for economic prosperity but also for social and environmental values and achievements. In an ever-changing business environment, dynamic capabilities are required to sustain performance across these areas. To understand these mechanisms in order to proactively manage them, it is necessary to identify their specific microfoundations and uncover how these relate to sustainability. However, research on sustainability dynamic capabilities in family businesses and their microfoundations is scarce. To address this research gap, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 11 German and Swiss family businesses from different industries of different ages and sizes. Our findings suggest that the majority of dynamic capability microfoundations relate to economic sustainability, with a specific focus on future orientation, traditional mindsets, rapid decision-making, intuition, speed, and resource slack. Further, we find the social aspects of innovative mindsets, human capital investments, and participation to be the specific microfoundations that strongly link with social and, eventually, economic sustainability. However, we did not find specific microfoundations for environmental sustainability.
Y1  - 2021
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.techfore.2021.121093
SN  - 0040-1625
VL  - 173
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -