Population genetic structure of savannah elephants in Kenya: Conservation and management implications

Journal of Heredity

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 443-452

  Okello, John B A ^a,b   Masembe, Charles ^a   Rasmussen, Henrik B ^c,d   Wittemyer, George ^c,e   Omondi, Patrick ^f   Kahindi, Onesmas ^c   Muwanika, Vincent B ^a   Arctander, Peter ^d   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^c   Nyakaana, Silvester ^a   Siegismund, Hans R ^d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; NUCLEOTIDE;

ALLELE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; GENE FLOW; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GEOGRAPHY; HETEROZYGOSITY; KENYA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE MARKER; MITOCHONDRIAL GENE; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHILOPATRY; PLANNING; POPULATION; POPULATION GENETIC STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VICARIANCE;

ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; KENYA; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 49549118975     PISSN: 00221503     EISSN: 14657333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esn028     Document Type: Article

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