Conservation Genetics of New World Crocodilians

Rodrigo Barban Zucoloto, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Graduate degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Sao Paulo (1994), Master of Sciences (Nuclear Energy in Agriculture) from the University of Sao Paulo (1999) and Doctor of Sciences (Nuclear Energy in Agriculture) from the University of Sao Paulo (2003). Currently Associate Professor at Federal University of Bahia. He has experience in Genetics, with an emphasis in conservation genetics of Brazilian crocodilians, especially the broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ). Patricia Susana Amavet , Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Argentina PhD in Biological Sciences (2009) from the University of Buenos Aires. Currently Professor of Genetics and Population Genetics at the University National of Litoral (FHUC). She is a CONICET Researcher since 2010, coordinator of the Genetics Laboratory in UNL, and supervisor of three doctoral students and of one postdoc. Etensive experience in Conservation Genetics of wild species, especially the Broad-snouted caiman ( Caiman latirostris ), member of the Crocodiles Specialists Group (SSC/IUCN) since 2002. Her works include the topics of molecular and population genetics, mating system studies and phylogeographic analyzes mainly in reptiles and amphibians. Luciano Martins Verdade , University of Sao Paulo, Brazil Agronomist and Master in Agronomy from the University of Sao Paulo (1985 and 1992 respectively) and Ph.D. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation from the University of Florida (1997). He is currently Associate Professor III of the Center for Nuclear Energy in Agriculture (CENA), University of São Paulo (USP) and member of the coordination of the Biota / FAPESP Program, the Sao Paulo Biodiversity Commission and the Species Survival Commission / IUCN, and Information and Management System for Protected Areas (SIGAP) / Secretariat of Environment of the State of Sao Paulo (SMA / SP). His research is focused on Applied Evolutionary Ecology with special interest in fauna management in agricultural landscapes and adaptive processes of vertebrates to anthropic alterations. Izeni Pires Farias , Federal University of Amazonas Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the Federal University of Amazonas (1987), Master's Degree in Freshwater Biology and Inner Fishing from the National Institute of Amazonian Research (1992), and Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Molecular Genetics) from Federal University of Pará (2000). She was a postdoctoral fellow (CNPq 2015) at Brigham Young University and is currently Associate Professor (level IV) at the Federal University of Amazonas where she coordinates Laboratory of Evolution and Animal Genetics (LEGAL). She has experience in genetics, with emphasis on population genetics, conservation genetics, molecular ecology, and phylogeography of Amazonian organisms.

Preface.- Chapter 1. Geographic distribution, habitat, reproduction and conservation status of crocodilians in the Americas.- Chapter 2. Molecular markers applied to conservation genetics of American crocodilians.- Chapter 3. Molecular Phylogenetics of the New World Crocodylia.- Chapter 4. Biogeography and comparative phylogeography of New World Crocodilians.- Chapter 5. Genetic diversity of New World crocodilians.- Chapter 6. Crocodilians are promiscuous but not to the benefit of heterozygosity.- Chapter 7. Hybridization and speciation among New World crocodilians species.- Chapter 8. Crocodilian Genome Advances.- Chapter 9. How genetic tools can help crocodilians' management and governance.- Chapter 10. Perspectives and final considerations about the molecular ecology of New World crocodilians.- Index.