Successfully implementing fundamental concepts into concrete applications is challenging in any given field. It requires communication, collaboration and shared will between researchers and practitioners. We argue that evolutionary biology, through research work linked to conservation, management and forensics, had a significant impact on wildlife agencies and department practices, where new frameworks and applications have been implemented over the last decades. The Quebec government's Wildlife Department (MFFP: Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs) has been proactive in reducing the “research–implementation” gap, thanks to prolific collaborations with many academic researchers. Among these associations, our department's outstanding partnership with Dr. Louis Bernatchez yielded significant contributions to harvest management, stocking programmes, definition of conservation units, recovery of threatened species, management of invasive species and forensic applications. We discuss key evolutionary biology concepts and resulting concrete examples of their successful implementation that derives directly or indirectly from this successful partnership. While old and new threats to wildlife are bringing new challenges, we expect recent developments in eDNA and genomics to provide innovative solutions as long as the research–implementation bridge remains open.

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进化生物学过去、现在和未来对野生动物取证、管理和保护的贡献。


在任何特定领域，将基本概念成功实施到具体应用中都是具有挑战性的。它需要研究人员和从业者之间的沟通、协作和共同意愿。我们认为，进化生物学通过与保护、管理和法医学相关的研究工作，对野生动物机构​​和部门的实践产生了重大影响，在过去的几十年里，这些机构和部门已经实施了新的框架和应用。魁北克政府野生动物部门（MFFP： Minisère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs ）通过与许多学术研究人员的大量合作，一直在积极缩小“研究与实施”之间的差距。在这些协会中，我们部门与 Louis Bernatchez 博士的杰出合作伙伴关系为收获管理、放养计划、保护单位的定义、受威胁物种的恢复、入侵物种的管理和法医应用做出了重大贡献。我们讨论关键的进化生物学概念以及直接或间接源自这一成功合作伙伴关系的成功实施的具体例子。虽然对野生动物的新旧威胁带来了新的挑战，但只要研究与实施的桥梁保持开放，我们预计 eDNA 和基因组学的最新发展将提供创新的解决方案。