Patterns of genetic diversity and migration in increasingly fragmented and declining orang-utan (Pongo pygmaeus) populations from Sabah, Malaysia

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 441-456

  Goossens, B ^a,b,c,d,f   Chikhi, L ^d   Jalil, M F ^a,c,f   Ancrenaz, M ^b,g   Lackman Ancrenaz, I ^b,g   Mohamed, M ^c   Andau, P ^e   Bruford, M W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Kinabatangan Orangutan Conserv P   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^e SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^f CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^g CNRS Group ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Genetic diversity; Immigration; Microsatellites; Noninvasive sampling; Pongo pygmaeus; Population fragmentation

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; BAYES THEOREM; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; MALAYSIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; FECES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; GEOGRAPHY; HAIR; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALAYSIA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PONGO PYGMAEUS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANTHROPOIDEA; MAMMALIA; PONGO PYGMAEUS; RIPARIA;

EID: 13444283975     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2004.02421.x     Document Type: Review

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