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'''Richard (Dick) Frankham''' (born April 4, 1942) is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[biologist]], author, and academic. He is an [[Emeritus]] Professor in [[Biology]] at [[Macquarie University]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref name=MU>{{cite web|url=https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/dick-frankham|title=Dick Frankham — Macquarie University}}</ref>
'''Richard (Dick) Frankham''' (born April 4, 1942) is an [[Australians|Australian]] [[biologist]], author, and academic. He is an [[Emeritus]] Professor in [[Biology]] at [[Macquarie University]] in [[Sydney]], [[Australia]].<ref name=MU>{{cite web|url=https://researchers.mq.edu.au/en/persons/dick-frankham|title=Dick Frankham — Macquarie University}}</ref>
Frankham’s research interests are primarily in the [[population genetics|evolutionary genetics]] of small populations, spanning the fields of [[quantitative genetics]], [[animal breeding]], [[conservation genetics]], and [[conservation biology]]. He is the senior author of five textbooks, including ''Introduction to Conservation Genetics'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/268793768|title=Introduction to conservation genetics}}</ref> ''A Primer of Conservation Genetics'' in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/primer-of-conservation-genetics/A4BAF4862CD18C2EE278264DF9977216|title=A Primer of Conservation Genetics}}</ref> ''Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2017,<ref name=eee>{{cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/book/35098?login=false|title=Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations }}</ref> and ''A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2019.<ref name=fff>{{cite web|url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/pdf/pcv26_br7|title=A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations }}</ref>
Frankham’s research interests are primarily in the [[population genetics|evolutionary genetics]] of small populations, spanning the fields of [[quantitative genetics]], [[animal breeding]], [[conservation genetics]], and [[conservation biology]]. He is the senior author of five textbooks, including ''Introduction to Conservation Genetics'' in 2002.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/268793768|title=Introduction to conservation genetics}}</ref> ''A Primer of Conservation Genetics'' in 2004,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/primer-of-conservation-genetics/A4BAF4862CD18C2EE278264DF9977216|title=A Primer of Conservation Genetics|first1=Richard|last1=Frankham|first2=Jonathan D.|last2=Ballou|first3=David A.|last3=Briscoe|date=May 29, 2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|via=Cambridge University Press}}</ref> ''Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2017,<ref name=eee>{{cite web|url=https://academic.oup.com/book/35098?login=false|title=Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations }}</ref> and ''A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations'' in 2019.<ref name=fff>{{cite web|url=https://www.publish.csiro.au/pc/pdf/pcv26_br7|title=A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations }}</ref>


He is the recipient of the M.J.D. White Medal of the Genetics Society of Australasia for his career contributions<ref name=lmn>{{cite web|url=https://genetics.org.au/past-gsa-award-winners/|title=Past GSA award winners}}</ref> and a Whitley Special Commendation for his books on conservation<ref name=aaa>{{cite web|url=https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/honouring-professor-richard-frankham/|title=Honouring Professor Richard Frankham: Winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate}}</ref>
He is the recipient of the M.J.D. White Medal of the Genetics Society of Australasia for his career contributions<ref name=lmn>{{Cite web|url=https://genetics.org.au/past-gsa-award-winners/|title=Past GSA award winners – Genetics Society of AustralAsia}}</ref> and a Whitley Special Commendation for his books on conservation<ref name=aaa>{{Cite web|url=https://australian.museum/blog/amri-news/honouring-professor-richard-frankham/australian.museum/blog/amri-news/honouring-professor-richard-frankham/|title=Honouring Professor Richard Frankham: Winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate|first=Opening Hours 10am-5pm Mon-Sun10am-9pm WedClosed Christmas Day Address 1 William StreetSydney NSW 2010 Australia Phone +61 2 9320 6000 www australian museum Copyright © 2023 The Australian Museum ABN 85 407 224 698 View Museum|last=News|website=The Australian Museum}}</ref>
==Early life and education==
==Early life and education==
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==Scientific career==
==Scientific career==
From 1967 until 1969, Frankham was a Research Scientist (poultry) for Agriculture Canada, in [[Lacombe, Alberta]]. Following this he had a postdoctoral fellowship with [[Richard Lewontin]] at the [[University of Chicago]] (1969-1971). In 1971, he joined Macquarie University in Sydney Australia as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor until his formal retirement in 2002. He has continued full-time research since 2002 as a Visiting Professor and Emeritus Professor. His research contributions were recognised by the award of a D.Sc. from Macquarie University in 2005. In 2004, he was Hrdy Visiting Professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oeb.harvard.edu/hrdy-current|title=The Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Visiting Fellowship in Conservation Biology at Harvard University}}</ref>
From 1967 until 1969, Frankham was a Research Scientist (poultry) for Agriculture Canada, in [[Lacombe, Alberta]]. Following this he had a postdoctoral fellowship with [[Richard Lewontin]] at the [[University of Chicago]] (1969-1971). In 1971, he joined Macquarie University in Sydney Australia as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor until his formal retirement in 2002. He has continued full-time research since 2002 as a Visiting Professor and Emeritus Professor. His research contributions were recognised by the award of a D.Sc. from Macquarie University in 2005. In 2004, he was Hrdy Visiting Professor at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://oeb.harvard.edu/hrdy-current|title=The Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Visiting Fellowship in Conservation Biology at Harvard University|website=oeb.harvard.edu}}</ref>
==Research==
==Research==
Frankham’s research has covered a range of topics in quantitative genetics/animal breeding,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/effects-of-population-size-and-selection-intensity-in-selection-for-a-quantitative-character-in-drosophila-i-shortterm-response-to-selection/BFE5F4C935F9361B62E406883E09D49A|title=The effects of population size and selection intensity in selection for a quantitative character in Drosophila: I. Short-term response to selection Genetics Research Cambridge Core }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/272080a0|title=Unequal crossing over at the rRNA locus as a source of quantitative genetic variation}}</ref> population genetics,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/microsatellite-polymorphisms-in-a-wild-population-of-drosophila-melanogaster/A539C4A182FE52E35B601F94EDD47DEA|title=Microsatellite polymorphisms in a wild population of Drosophila melanogaster Genetics Research Cambridge Core}}</ref> conservation biology,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/35006050|title=Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology}}</ref> and especially conservation genetics. It has involved primary research papers using ''[[Drosophila]]'' fruit flies as a model species,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/zoo.1430110505|title=Modeling problems in conservation genetics using captive Drosophila populations: Rapid genetic adaptation to captivity }}</ref><ref name=lik>{{cite web|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:5%3C377::AID-ZOO1%3E3.0.CO;2-7|title=Minimizing kinship in captive breeding programs}}</ref> [[Computer simulation|computer modeling]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006320706002126|title=Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations - ScienceDirect}}</ref> analytical theory,<ref name=ccc>{{cite web|url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12776|title=Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme}}</ref> Darwinian syntheses,<ref name=ggg>{{cite web|url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01662.x|title=Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression}}</ref> meta-analyses,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/effective-population-sizeadult-population-size-ratios-in-wildlife-a-review/59D48CF3CCD19ECE47163795F6EEA89E|title=Effective population size/adult population size ratios in wildlife: a review Genetics Research Cambridge Core}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.0403809101|title=Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them}}</ref> and reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.001513?journalCode=genet|title=Conservation Genetics}}</ref>
Frankham’s research has covered a range of topics in quantitative genetics/animal breeding,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/effects-of-population-size-and-selection-intensity-in-selection-for-a-quantitative-character-in-drosophila-i-shortterm-response-to-selection/BFE5F4C935F9361B62E406883E09D49A|title=The effects of population size and selection intensity in selection for a quantitative character in Drosophila: I. Short-term response to selection|first1=R.|last1=Frankham|first2=L. P.|last2=Jones|first3=J. S. F.|last3=Barker|date=December 29, 1968|journal=Genetics Research|volume=12|issue=3|pages=237–248|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0016672300011848}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/272080a0|title=Unequal crossing over at the rRNA locus as a source of quantitative genetic variation|first1=R.|last1=Frankham|first2=D. A.|last2=Briscoe|first3=R. K.|last3=Nurthen|date=March 29, 1978|journal=Nature|volume=272|issue=5648|pages=80–81|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/272080a0}}</ref> population genetics,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/microsatellite-polymorphisms-in-a-wild-population-of-drosophila-melanogaster/A539C4A182FE52E35B601F94EDD47DEA|title=Microsatellite polymorphisms in a wild population of Drosophila melanogaster|first1=Phillip R.|last1=England|first2=David A.|last2=Briscoe|first3=Richard|last3=Frankham|date=June 29, 1996|journal=Genetics Research|volume=67|issue=3|pages=285–290|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0016672300033760}}</ref> conservation biology,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.nature.com/articles/35006050|title=Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology|first1=Barry W.|last1=Brook|first2=Julian J.|last2=O'Grady|first3=Andrew P.|last3=Chapman|first4=Mark A.|last4=Burgman|first5=H. Resit|last5=Akçakaya|first6=Richard|last6=Frankham|date=March 29, 2000|journal=Nature|volume=404|issue=6776|pages=385–387|via=www.nature.com|doi=10.1038/35006050}}</ref> and especially conservation genetics. It has involved primary research papers using ''[[Drosophila]]'' fruit flies as a model species,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://doi.wiley.com/10.1002/zoo.1430110505|title=Modeling problems in conservation genetics using captiveDrosophila populations: Rapid genetic adaptation to captivity|first1=Richard|last1=Frankham|first2=David A.|last2=Loebel|date=May 29, 1992|journal=Zoo Biology|volume=11|issue=5|pages=333–342|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1002/zoo.1430110505}}</ref><ref name=lik>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:53.0.CO;2-7|title=Minimizing kinship in captive breeding programs|first1=Margaret E.|last1=Montgomery|first2=Jonathan D.|last2=Ballou|first3=Roderick K.|last3=Nurthen|first4=Phillip R.|last4=England|first5=David A.|last5=Briscoe|first6=Richard|last6=Frankham|date=May 29, 1997|journal=Zoo Biology|volume=16|issue=5|pages=377–389|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:5<377::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-7}}</ref> [[Computer simulation|computer modeling]],<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006320706002126|title=Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations|first1=Julian J.|last1=O’Grady|first2=Barry W.|last2=Brook|first3=David H.|last3=Reed|first4=Jonathan D.|last4=Ballou|first5=David W.|last5=Tonkyn|first6=Richard|last6=Frankham|date=November 1, 2006|journal=Biological Conservation|volume=133|issue=1|pages=42–51|via=ScienceDirect|doi=10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.016}}</ref> analytical theory,<ref name=ccc>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12776|title=Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme|first1=Lachlan G.|last1=Howell|first2=Richard|last2=Frankham|first3=John C.|last3=Rodger|first4=Ryan R.|last4=Witt|first5=Simon|last5=Clulow|first6=Rose M. O.|last6=Upton|first7=John|last7=Clulow|date=March 29, 2021|journal=Conservation Letters|volume=14|issue=2|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1111/conl.12776}}</ref> Darwinian syntheses,<ref name=ggg>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01662.x|title=Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression: Predicting Outbreeding Depression|first1=Richard|last1=Frankham|first2=Jonathan D.|last2=Ballou|first3=Mark D. B.|last3=Eldridge|first4=Robert C.|last4=Lacy|first5=Katherine|last5=Ralls|first6=Michele R.|last6=Dudash|first7=Charles B.|last7=Fenster|date=June 29, 2011|journal=Conservation Biology|volume=25|issue=3|pages=465–475|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01662.x}}</ref> meta-analyses,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/genetics-research/article/effective-population-sizeadult-population-size-ratios-in-wildlife-a-review/59D48CF3CCD19ECE47163795F6EEA89E|title=Effective population size/adult population size ratios in wildlife: a review|first=Richard|last=Frankham|date=October 29, 1995|journal=Genetics Research|volume=66|issue=2|pages=95–107|via=Cambridge University Press|doi=10.1017/S0016672300034455}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.0403809101|title=Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them|first1=Derek|last1=Spielman|first2=Barry W.|last2=Brook|first3=Richard|last3=Frankham|date=October 19, 2004|journal=Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences|volume=101|issue=42|pages=15261–15264|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1073/pnas.0403809101|pmid=15477597|pmc=PMC524053}}</ref> and reviews.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.ge.29.120195.001513?journalCode=genet|title=CONSERVATION GENETICS &#124; Annual Review of Genetics}}</ref>
Frankham has authored or co-authored 186 publications that have been cited widely.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rqwJ1SMAAAAJ&hl=en|title= Richard (Dick) Frankham- Google Profile}}</ref> He was ranked 2715th among global scientists for scientific impact according to a joint publication by [[John Ioannidis]] and his colleagues,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384&page=69&page=9&page=104&page=7&|title=A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field}}</ref>as updated by Jeroen Baas and co-authors.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918&fbclid=IwAR2UQI9uRpPw2TffAQdsdhybWAPmigt0dVW9SN6y20HBCc6Ki_FuCuSKcSI|title=Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators}}</ref>
Frankham has authored or co-authored 186 publications that have been cited widely.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rqwJ1SMAAAAJ&hl=en|title=Richard (Dick) Frankham- Google Profile}}</ref> He was ranked 2715th among global scientists for scientific impact according to a joint publication by [[John Ioannidis]] and his colleagues,<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384|title=A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field|first1=John P. A.|last1=Ioannidis|first2=Jeroen|last2=Baas|first3=Richard|last3=Klavans|first4=Kevin W.|last4=Boyack|date=August 12, 2019|journal=PLOS Biology|volume=17|issue=8|pages=e3000384|via=PLoS Journals|doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384}}</ref>as updated by Jeroen Baas and co-authors.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918|title=Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators|first1=John P. A.|last1=Ioannidis|first2=Kevin W.|last2=Boyack|first3=Jeroen|last3=Baas|date=October 16, 2020|journal=PLOS Biology|volume=18|issue=10|pages=e3000918|via=PLoS Journals|doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918}}</ref>
===Genetic management===
===Genetic management===
Frankham and his collaborators are known for significantly influencing the genetic management of fragmented populations, providing important contributions to the practical management of threatened species. They identified lack of gene flow in fragmented populations and lack of remedial management actions as one of the most important, largely unaddressed problems in conservation biology, identified the primary cause of this problems as fears that crossing populations would be harmful (outbreeding depression),<ref name=ggg/> devised a procedure to estimate the risk of outbreeding depression,<ref name=ggg/> showed it worked, showed that outcrossing typically leads to large benefits in reproduction and survival, and advocated for a paradigm shift in genetic management of fragmented populations.<ref name=eee/><ref name=fff/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/conl.12412|title=Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations}}</ref>
Frankham and his collaborators are known for significantly influencing the genetic management of fragmented populations, providing important contributions to the practical management of threatened species. They identified lack of gene flow in fragmented populations and lack of remedial management actions as one of the most important, largely unaddressed problems in conservation biology, identified the primary cause of this problems as fears that crossing populations would be harmful (outbreeding depression),<ref name=ggg/> devised a procedure to estimate the risk of outbreeding depression,<ref name=ggg/> showed it worked, showed that outcrossing typically leads to large benefits in reproduction and survival, and advocated for a paradigm shift in genetic management of fragmented populations.<ref name=eee/><ref name=fff/><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/conl.12412|title=Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations: Genetic management|first1=Katherine|last1=Ralls|first2=Jonathan D.|last2=Ballou|first3=Michele R.|last3=Dudash|first4=Mark D. B.|last4=Eldridge|first5=Charles B.|last5=Fenster|first6=Robert C.|last6=Lacy|first7=Paul|last7=Sunnucks|first8=Richard|last8=Frankham|date=March 29, 2018|journal=Conservation Letters|volume=11|issue=2|pages=e12412|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1111/conl.12412}}</ref>
Frankham’s team provided the experimental test in a living organism of what is now the recommended genetic management procedure for threatened species (minimizing mean kinship).<ref name=lik/> With collaborators, he modelled the genetic benefits and cost-effectiveness of integrating biobanking into the conservation of frogs<ref name=ccc/> and marsupials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/84757253/pdf-libre.pdf?1650753448=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DModelling_Genetic_Benefits_and_Financial.pdf&Expires=1683634803&Signature=CpTjxoqVZwEknVSBsP1YcysTkAOYJu4Vjzp3JIauiat~kBDT-0WjgiXIKjTfvT3wlR17KgNPOonTNB8s3e25WrnH5y~-5IwHlDkeD2hM3MwnFoGuTleK-FS6h8GuzWFGaA8OvMzFVQfkVg6eLZy7nLhdmPaokmMQBuY8SApw8ttGa9wvQPuRjlpO~ygg8WW23gccrIFFtkJprK4iK3R7t85Qxk1IQhx5zNQmZKdoCApKfJ-rkaMUxAzGgWsbL3xd1YWQSIIOMLkxWOsMUAKl3LQct-Fzb6Szm7XMd2MZ3jEXKsNizLX8LCGkmaPlFhOuvhHLSRxuLPmEGcKOQiJmxg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA|title=Modelling Genetic Benefits and Financial Costs of Integrating Biobanking into the Captive Management of Koalas}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/cobi.14010|title=Modeling genetic benefits and financial costs of integrating biobanking into the conservation breeding of managed marsupials}}</ref>
Frankham’s team provided the experimental test in a living organism of what is now the recommended genetic management procedure for threatened species (minimizing mean kinship).<ref name=lik/> With collaborators, he modelled the genetic benefits and cost-effectiveness of integrating biobanking into the conservation of frogs<ref name=ccc/> and marsupials.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/84757253/pdf-libre.pdf?1650753448=&response-content-disposition=inline%3B+filename%3DModelling_Genetic_Benefits_and_Financial.pdf&Expires=1683634803&Signature=CpTjxoqVZwEknVSBsP1YcysTkAOYJu4Vjzp3JIauiat~kBDT-0WjgiXIKjTfvT3wlR17KgNPOonTNB8s3e25WrnH5y~-5IwHlDkeD2hM3MwnFoGuTleK-FS6h8GuzWFGaA8OvMzFVQfkVg6eLZy7nLhdmPaokmMQBuY8SApw8ttGa9wvQPuRjlpO~ygg8WW23gccrIFFtkJprK4iK3R7t85Qxk1IQhx5zNQmZKdoCApKfJ-rkaMUxAzGgWsbL3xd1YWQSIIOMLkxWOsMUAKl3LQct-Fzb6Szm7XMd2MZ3jEXKsNizLX8LCGkmaPlFhOuvhHLSRxuLPmEGcKOQiJmxg__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAJLOHF5GGSLRBV4ZA|title=Modelling Genetic Benefits and Financial Costs of Integrating Biobanking into the Captive Management of Koalas}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/cobi.14010|title=Modeling genetic benefits and financial costs of integrating biobanking into the conservation breeding of managed marsupials|first1=Lachlan G.|last1=Howell|first2=Peter R.|last2=Mawson|first3=Pierre|last3=Comizzoli|first4=Ryan R.|last4=Witt|first5=Richard|last5=Frankham|first6=Simon|last6=Clulow|first7=Justine K.|last7=O'Brien|first8=John|last8=Clulow|first9=Paul|last9=Marinari|first10=John C.|last10=Rodger|date=April 29, 2023|journal=Conservation Biology|volume=37|issue=2|via=CrossRef|doi=10.1111/cobi.14010}}</ref>
===Convention of biodiversity===
===Convention of biodiversity===
From 2020 to 2023, Frankham has been involved in attempts to strengthen the genetic content of the Convention on Biodiversity through committee work and publications.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-021-01357-y|title=Suggested improvements to proposed genetic indicator for CBD }}</ref><ref name=ppp>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-022-01459-1|title=Evaluation of proposed genetic goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity}}</ref> He elucidated the potential genetic harm to species if the proposed genetic goals and targets were inculcated for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and proposed better alternative indicators.<ref name=ppp/> With collaborators, he then discussed the evolution of global biodiversity framework (GBF) and recommended several measures to improve it in order to conserve genetic diversity.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0|title=Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework}}</ref>
From 2020 to 2023, Frankham has been involved in attempts to strengthen the genetic content of the Convention on Biodiversity through committee work and publications.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-021-01357-y|title=Suggested improvements to proposed genetic indicator for CBD|first=Richard|last=Frankham|date=August 1, 2021|journal=Conservation Genetics|volume=22|issue=4|pages=531–532|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s10592-021-01357-y}}</ref><ref name=ppp>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01459-1|title=Evaluation of proposed genetic goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity|first=Richard|last=Frankham|date=October 1, 2022|journal=Conservation Genetics|volume=23|issue=5|pages=865–870|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s10592-022-01459-1}}</ref> He elucidated the potential genetic harm to species if the proposed genetic goals and targets were inculcated for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and proposed better alternative indicators.<ref name=ppp/> With collaborators, he then discussed the evolution of global biodiversity framework (GBF) and recommended several measures to improve it in order to conserve genetic diversity.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0|title=Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework|first1=Sean|last1=Hoban|first2=Michael W.|last2=Bruford|first3=Jessica M.|last3=da Silva|first4=W. Chris|last4=Funk|first5=Richard|last5=Frankham|first6=Michael J.|last6=Gill|first7=Catherine E.|last7=Grueber|first8=Myriam|last8=Heuertz|first9=Margaret E.|last9=Hunter|first10=Francine|last10=Kershaw|first11=Robert C.|last11=Lacy|first12=Caroline|last12=Lees|first13=Margarida|last13=Lopes-Fernandes|first14=Anna J.|last14=MacDonald|first15=Alicia|last15=Mastretta-Yanes|first16=Philip J. K.|last16=McGowan|first17=Mariah H.|last17=Meek|first18=Joachim|last18=Mergeay|first19=Katie L.|last19=Millette|first20=Cinnamon S.|last20=Mittan-Moreau|first21=Laetitia M.|last21=Navarro|first22=David|last22=O’Brien|first23=Rob|last23=Ogden|first24=Gernot|last24=Segelbacher|first25=Ivan|last25=Paz-Vinas|first26=Cristiano|last26=Vernesi|first27=Linda|last27=Laikre|date=April 1, 2023|journal=Conservation Genetics|volume=24|issue=2|pages=181–191|via=Springer Link|doi=10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0|pmid=36683963|pmc=PMC9841145}}</ref>


==Awards and fellowships==
==Awards and fellowships==

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Richard (Dick) Frankham
CitizenshipAustralia
Occupation(s)Biologist, author, and academic
AwardsMJD White Medal, Genetics Society of Australia
Whitley Commendation, Royal Zoological Society of NSW
Academic background
EducationBScAgrHons I in Agriculture
PhD in Animal Genetics
DSc Conservation and Evolution of Small Populations
Alma materUniversity of Sydney
Macquarie University
Doctoral advisorJ. Stuart F. Barker
Academic work
InstitutionsAgriculture Canada, Lacombe, Alberta
University of Chicago
Macquarie University
Main interestsConservation genetics
Evolutionary genetics
Quantitative genetics
Conservation biology
Animal breeding
Notable worksIntroduction to Conservation Genetics
A Primer of Conservation Genetics
Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations
A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations

Richard (Dick) Frankham (born April 4, 1942) is an Australian biologist, author, and academic. He is an Emeritus Professor in Biology at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.[1]

Frankham’s research interests are primarily in the evolutionary genetics of small populations, spanning the fields of quantitative genetics, animal breeding, conservation genetics, and conservation biology. He is the senior author of five textbooks, including Introduction to Conservation Genetics in 2002.[2] A Primer of Conservation Genetics in 2004,[3] Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations in 2017,[4] and A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations in 2019.[5]

He is the recipient of the M.J.D. White Medal of the Genetics Society of Australasia for his career contributions[6] and a Whitley Special Commendation for his books on conservation[7]

Early life and education

Frankham was born in Singleton, New South Wales, Australia. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture with first-class honours from the University of Sydney in 1964, followed in 1968 by a Ph.D. in animal genetics from the same institution, supervised by J. Stuart F. Barker.[1]

Scientific career

From 1967 until 1969, Frankham was a Research Scientist (poultry) for Agriculture Canada, in Lacombe, Alberta. Following this he had a postdoctoral fellowship with Richard Lewontin at the University of Chicago (1969-1971). In 1971, he joined Macquarie University in Sydney Australia as a Lecturer and was promoted to Senior Lecturer, Associate Professor, and Professor until his formal retirement in 2002. He has continued full-time research since 2002 as a Visiting Professor and Emeritus Professor. His research contributions were recognised by the award of a D.Sc. from Macquarie University in 2005. In 2004, he was Hrdy Visiting Professor at Harvard University.[8]

Research

Frankham’s research has covered a range of topics in quantitative genetics/animal breeding,[9][10] population genetics,[11] conservation biology,[12] and especially conservation genetics. It has involved primary research papers using Drosophila fruit flies as a model species,[13][14] computer modeling,[15] analytical theory,[16] Darwinian syntheses,[17] meta-analyses,[18][19] and reviews.[20]

Frankham has authored or co-authored 186 publications that have been cited widely.[21] He was ranked 2715th among global scientists for scientific impact according to a joint publication by John Ioannidis and his colleagues,[22]as updated by Jeroen Baas and co-authors.[23]

Genetic management

Frankham and his collaborators are known for significantly influencing the genetic management of fragmented populations, providing important contributions to the practical management of threatened species. They identified lack of gene flow in fragmented populations and lack of remedial management actions as one of the most important, largely unaddressed problems in conservation biology, identified the primary cause of this problems as fears that crossing populations would be harmful (outbreeding depression),[17] devised a procedure to estimate the risk of outbreeding depression,[17] showed it worked, showed that outcrossing typically leads to large benefits in reproduction and survival, and advocated for a paradigm shift in genetic management of fragmented populations.[4][5][24]

Frankham’s team provided the experimental test in a living organism of what is now the recommended genetic management procedure for threatened species (minimizing mean kinship).[14] With collaborators, he modelled the genetic benefits and cost-effectiveness of integrating biobanking into the conservation of frogs[16] and marsupials.[25][26]

Convention of biodiversity

From 2020 to 2023, Frankham has been involved in attempts to strengthen the genetic content of the Convention on Biodiversity through committee work and publications.[27][28] He elucidated the potential genetic harm to species if the proposed genetic goals and targets were inculcated for the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and proposed better alternative indicators.[28] With collaborators, he then discussed the evolution of global biodiversity framework (GBF) and recommended several measures to improve it in order to conserve genetic diversity.[29]

Awards and fellowships

  • 1997 - 2002 – Scientific Fellow, Zoological Society of London
  • 2017 – MJD White Medal, Genetics Society of Australasia [6]
  • 2019 – Whitley Book Award, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales[7]

Bibliography

Books

  • Introduction to Conservation Genetics (2002) ISBN 978-0521702713
  • A Primer of Conservation Genetics (2004) ISBN ‎978-0977480708
  • Introduction to Conservation Genetics, 2nd edition (2010) ISBN 978-0521702713
  • Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations (2017) ISBN 978-0198783404
  • A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations (2019) ISBN 978-0198783428

Selected articles

  • Frankham, R., Briscoe, D. A., & Nurthen, R. K. (1978). Unequal crossing over at the rRNA locus as a source of quantitative genetic variation. Nature, 272(5648), 80-81.
  • Frankham, R. (1995). Effective population size/adult population size ratios in wildlife: a review. Genetics Research, 66(2), 95-107.
  • Brook, B. W., O'Grady, J. J., Chapman, A. P., Burgman, M. A., Akcakaya, H. R., & Frankham, R. (2000). Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology. Nature, 404(6776), 385-387.
  • Reed, D. H., & Frankham, R. (2003). Correlation between fitness and genetic diversity. Conservation Biology, 17(1), 230-237.
  • Spielman, D., Brook, B. W., & Frankham, R. (2004). Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 101(42), 15261-15264.
  • Frankham, R., Bradshaw, C. J., & Brook, B. W. (2014). Genetics in conservation management: revised recommendations for the 50/500 rules, Red List criteria and population viability analyses. Biological Conservation, 170, 56-63.
  • Howell, L. G., Frankham, R., Rodger, J. C., Witt, R. R., Clulow, S., Upton, R. M., & Clulow, J. (2021). Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme. Conservation Letters, 14(2), e12776.
  • Frankham, R. (2022). Evaluation of proposed genetic goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity. Conservation Genetics, 23(5), 865-870.

References

  1. ^ a b "Dick Frankham — Macquarie University".
  2. ^ "Introduction to conservation genetics".
  3. ^ Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Briscoe, David A. (May 29, 2004). "A Primer of Conservation Genetics". Cambridge University Press – via Cambridge University Press.
  4. ^ a b "Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations".
  5. ^ a b "A Practical Guide for Genetic Management of Fragmented Animal and Plant Populations".
  6. ^ a b "Past GSA award winners – Genetics Society of AustralAsia".
  7. ^ a b News, Opening Hours 10am-5pm Mon-Sun10am-9pm WedClosed Christmas Day Address 1 William StreetSydney NSW 2010 Australia Phone +61 2 9320 6000 www australian museum Copyright © 2023 The Australian Museum ABN 85 407 224 698 View Museum. "Honouring Professor Richard Frankham: Winner of the 2019 Whitley Special Commendation Certificate". The Australian Museum. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ^ "The Sarah and Daniel Hrdy Visiting Fellowship in Conservation Biology at Harvard University". oeb.harvard.edu.
  9. ^ Frankham, R.; Jones, L. P.; Barker, J. S. F. (December 29, 1968). "The effects of population size and selection intensity in selection for a quantitative character in Drosophila: I. Short-term response to selection". Genetics Research. 12 (3): 237–248. doi:10.1017/S0016672300011848 – via Cambridge University Press.
  10. ^ Frankham, R.; Briscoe, D. A.; Nurthen, R. K. (March 29, 1978). "Unequal crossing over at the rRNA locus as a source of quantitative genetic variation". Nature. 272 (5648): 80–81. doi:10.1038/272080a0 – via www.nature.com.
  11. ^ England, Phillip R.; Briscoe, David A.; Frankham, Richard (June 29, 1996). "Microsatellite polymorphisms in a wild population of Drosophila melanogaster". Genetics Research. 67 (3): 285–290. doi:10.1017/S0016672300033760 – via Cambridge University Press.
  12. ^ Brook, Barry W.; O'Grady, Julian J.; Chapman, Andrew P.; Burgman, Mark A.; Akçakaya, H. Resit; Frankham, Richard (March 29, 2000). "Predictive accuracy of population viability analysis in conservation biology". Nature. 404 (6776): 385–387. doi:10.1038/35006050 – via www.nature.com.
  13. ^ Frankham, Richard; Loebel, David A. (May 29, 1992). "Modeling problems in conservation genetics using captiveDrosophila populations: Rapid genetic adaptation to captivity". Zoo Biology. 11 (5): 333–342. doi:10.1002/zoo.1430110505 – via CrossRef.
  14. ^ a b Montgomery, Margaret E.; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Nurthen, Roderick K.; England, Phillip R.; Briscoe, David A.; Frankham, Richard (May 29, 1997). "Minimizing kinship in captive breeding programs". Zoo Biology. 16 (5): 377–389. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:5<377::AID-ZOO1>3.0.CO;2-7 – via CrossRef.
  15. ^ O’Grady, Julian J.; Brook, Barry W.; Reed, David H.; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Tonkyn, David W.; Frankham, Richard (November 1, 2006). "Realistic levels of inbreeding depression strongly affect extinction risk in wild populations". Biological Conservation. 133 (1): 42–51. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2006.05.016 – via ScienceDirect.
  16. ^ a b Howell, Lachlan G.; Frankham, Richard; Rodger, John C.; Witt, Ryan R.; Clulow, Simon; Upton, Rose M. O.; Clulow, John (March 29, 2021). "Integrating biobanking minimises inbreeding and produces significant cost benefits for a threatened frog captive breeding programme". Conservation Letters. 14 (2). doi:10.1111/conl.12776 – via CrossRef.
  17. ^ a b c Frankham, Richard; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Eldridge, Mark D. B.; Lacy, Robert C.; Ralls, Katherine; Dudash, Michele R.; Fenster, Charles B. (June 29, 2011). "Predicting the Probability of Outbreeding Depression: Predicting Outbreeding Depression". Conservation Biology. 25 (3): 465–475. doi:10.1111/j.1523-1739.2011.01662.x – via CrossRef.
  18. ^ Frankham, Richard (October 29, 1995). "Effective population size/adult population size ratios in wildlife: a review". Genetics Research. 66 (2): 95–107. doi:10.1017/S0016672300034455 – via Cambridge University Press.
  19. ^ Spielman, Derek; Brook, Barry W.; Frankham, Richard (October 19, 2004). "Most species are not driven to extinction before genetic factors impact them". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 101 (42): 15261–15264. doi:10.1073/pnas.0403809101. PMC 524053. PMID 15477597 – via CrossRef.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
  20. ^ "CONSERVATION GENETICS | Annual Review of Genetics".
  21. ^ "Richard (Dick) Frankham- Google Profile".
  22. ^ Ioannidis, John P. A.; Baas, Jeroen; Klavans, Richard; Boyack, Kevin W. (August 12, 2019). "A standardized citation metrics author database annotated for scientific field". PLOS Biology. 17 (8): e3000384. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000384 – via PLoS Journals.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  23. ^ Ioannidis, John P. A.; Boyack, Kevin W.; Baas, Jeroen (October 16, 2020). "Updated science-wide author databases of standardized citation indicators". PLOS Biology. 18 (10): e3000918. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3000918 – via PLoS Journals.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  24. ^ Ralls, Katherine; Ballou, Jonathan D.; Dudash, Michele R.; Eldridge, Mark D. B.; Fenster, Charles B.; Lacy, Robert C.; Sunnucks, Paul; Frankham, Richard (March 29, 2018). "Call for a Paradigm Shift in the Genetic Management of Fragmented Populations: Genetic management". Conservation Letters. 11 (2): e12412. doi:10.1111/conl.12412 – via CrossRef.
  25. ^ "Modelling Genetic Benefits and Financial Costs of Integrating Biobanking into the Captive Management of Koalas" (PDF).
  26. ^ Howell, Lachlan G.; Mawson, Peter R.; Comizzoli, Pierre; Witt, Ryan R.; Frankham, Richard; Clulow, Simon; O'Brien, Justine K.; Clulow, John; Marinari, Paul; Rodger, John C. (April 29, 2023). "Modeling genetic benefits and financial costs of integrating biobanking into the conservation breeding of managed marsupials". Conservation Biology. 37 (2). doi:10.1111/cobi.14010 – via CrossRef.
  27. ^ Frankham, Richard (August 1, 2021). "Suggested improvements to proposed genetic indicator for CBD". Conservation Genetics. 22 (4): 531–532. doi:10.1007/s10592-021-01357-y – via Springer Link.
  28. ^ a b Frankham, Richard (October 1, 2022). "Evaluation of proposed genetic goals and targets for the Convention on Biological Diversity". Conservation Genetics. 23 (5): 865–870. doi:10.1007/s10592-022-01459-1 – via Springer Link.
  29. ^ Hoban, Sean; Bruford, Michael W.; da Silva, Jessica M.; Funk, W. Chris; Frankham, Richard; Gill, Michael J.; Grueber, Catherine E.; Heuertz, Myriam; Hunter, Margaret E.; Kershaw, Francine; Lacy, Robert C.; Lees, Caroline; Lopes-Fernandes, Margarida; MacDonald, Anna J.; Mastretta-Yanes, Alicia; McGowan, Philip J. K.; Meek, Mariah H.; Mergeay, Joachim; Millette, Katie L.; Mittan-Moreau, Cinnamon S.; Navarro, Laetitia M.; O’Brien, David; Ogden, Rob; Segelbacher, Gernot; Paz-Vinas, Ivan; Vernesi, Cristiano; Laikre, Linda (April 1, 2023). "Genetic diversity goals and targets have improved, but remain insufficient for clear implementation of the post-2020 global biodiversity framework". Conservation Genetics. 24 (2): 181–191. doi:10.1007/s10592-022-01492-0. PMC 9841145. PMID 36683963 – via Springer Link.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: PMC format (link)
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