Reduced effective population size in an overexploited population of the Nile crocodile (Crocodylus niloticus)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2335-2341

  Bishop, Jacqueline M ^a   Leslie, Alison J ^a   Bourquin, Sven L ^a   O'Ryan, Colleen ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Crocodylus niloticus; Effective population size; Genetic diversity; Microsatellites; Overexploitation; Population decline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CENSUS; CROCODILIAN; EXPLOITATION; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; HUNTING; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ALLIGATOR; CROCODYLUS NILOTICUS;

EID: 68349157677     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.016     Document Type: Article

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