Genetic analysis reveals population structure and recent migration within the highly fragmented range of the Cross River gorilla (Gorilla gorilla diehli)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 501-516

  Bergl, Richard A ^a,b   Vigilant, Linda ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology ^*  (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Gorilla gorilla diehli; Microsatellite genotyping; Migration; Noninvasive sampling; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CAMEROON; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENETICS; GORILLA; NIGERIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MIGRATION;

ANIMAL MIGRATION; ANIMALS; CAMEROON; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GORILLA GORILLA; NIGERIA; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

GORILLA GORILLA;

EID: 33846528664     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03159.x     Document Type: Article

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