Effective population size dynamics reveal impacts of historic climatic events and recent anthropogenic pressure in African elephants

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3788-3799

  Okello, J B A ^a,b   Wittemyer, G ^a,c,d   Rasmussen, H B ^c,e,f   Arctander, P ^f   Nyakaana, S ^a   Douglas Hamilton, I ^c   Siegismund, H R ^f  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

African elephants; Bottleneck; Demographic history; Ivory poaching; Microsatellite variation; Population expansion

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; ELEPHANT; GENE FLOW; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KENYA; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; PROBABILITY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CLIMATE; ELEPHANTS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FLOW; GENETICS, POPULATION; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KENYA; MARKOV CHAINS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 50049090036     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03871.x     Document Type: Article

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