Influence of forest fragmentation on an endangered large-bodied lemur in northwestern Madagascar

Biological Conservation

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2862-2871

  Craul, Mathias ^a   Chikhi, Lounes ^b,c   Sousa, Vitor ^c   Olivieri, Gillian L ^a   Rabesandratana, Andriatahiana ^a,d   Zimmermann, Elke ^a   Radespiel, Ute ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INSTITUTO GULBENKIAN DE CIÊNCIA   (Portugal)

^d Universite de Toliara   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; d loop; Genetic diversity; Lepilemur edwardsi; Microsatellites; Population genetics

Indexed keywords

DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DNA; ENDANGERED SPECIES; ENDEMIC SPECIES; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIMATE; SURVIVAL;

INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; MADAGASCAR;

LEMUR; LEPILEMUR EDWARDSI; STREPSIRHINI;

EID: 70350568762     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2009.05.026     Document Type: Article

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