Measuring genetic diversity in translocation programmes: Principles and application to a chimpanzee release project

Animal Conservation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 225-236

  Goossens, Benoît ^a   Funk, Stephan M ^a,b   Vidal, Carmen ^c   Latour, Stéphanie ^d   Jamart, Aliette ^d   Ancrenaz, Marc ^e   Wickings, Elisabeth J ^f   Tutin, Caroline E G ^f,g   Bruford, Michael W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinica Veterinaria Ensanche   (Spain)

^d HELP ^*  (Congo)

^e Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project   (Malaysia)

^f Institut de Recherches pour le Développement U034   (Gabon)

^g UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETIC VARIATION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMATE; TRANSLOCATION;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; PAN (APE); PAN TROGLODYTES;

EID: 0038338748     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943002002275     Document Type: Article

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