Census and contemporary effective population size of two populations of the protected Spanish Moon Moth (Graellsia isabellae)

Graellsia isabellae is a protected lepidopteran both in France and Spain; however, there has been considerable debate over its conservation status. Recent literature emphasised the need of monitoring population size in the different mountain ranges where this iconic species occurs. We used mark–capture–recapture and genotypes of nine molecular microsatellite markers to estimate the census ( N ) and contemporary effective population size ( N e )...