Genetic signature of anthropogenic population collapse in orang-utans

PLoS Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 285-291

  Goossens, Benoît ^a,b,c,d   Chikhi, Lounès ^b   Ancrenaz, Marc ^c   Lackman Ancrenaz, Isabelle ^c,e   Andau, Patrick ^f   Bruford, Michael W ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b École Nationale de Formation Agronomique   (France)

^c Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^e Pittsburgh Zoo   (United States)

^f SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APE; ARTICLE; COLLAPSE; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEFORESTATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; ORANG UTAN; REINFORCEMENT; ANIMAL; ANTHROPOIDEA; ANTHROPOLOGY; GENETICS; POPULATION; STATISTICS; TIME;

PONGO PYGMAEUS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY; PONGO PYGMAEUS; POPULATION; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33244487793     PISSN: 15457885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0040025     Document Type: Article

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