Can small wildlife conservancies maintain genetically stable populations of large mammals? Evidence for increased genetic drift in geographically restricted populations of Cape buffalo in East Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1324-1334

  Heller, Rasmus ^a   Okello, J B A ^b,c   Siegismund, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conservancy size; Genetic erosion; Genetic structure; Habitat fragmentation; Syncerus caffer caffer

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BUFFALO; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; KENYA; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS; UGANDA;

ANIMALS; BUFFALOES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; KENYA; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UGANDA;

MAMMALIA; SYNCERUS CAFFER CAFFER; UNGULATA;

EID: 77949828291     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04589.x     Document Type: Article

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