The effect of habitat fragmentation on the genetic structure of a top predator: Loss of diversity and high differentiation among remnant populations of Atlantic Forest jaguars (Panthera onca)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 4906-4921

  Haag, T ^a   Santos, A S ^b   Sana, D A ^c   Morato, R G ^c   Cullen Jr , L ^e   Crawshaw Jr, P G ^d   De Angelo, C ^f   Di Bitetti, M S ^f   Salzano, F M ^a   Eizirik, Eduardo ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Instituto Pro Carnivoros   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTO CHICO MENDES DE CONSERVAÇÃO DA BIODIVERSIDADE   (Brazil)

^e Instituto de Pesquisas Ecologicas   (Brazil)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE MISIONES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atlantic forest; carnivora; genetic drift; Neotropical; population structure

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PANTHERA; POPULATION GENETICS; TREE;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; ECOSYSTEM; GENETIC DRIFT; GENETIC STRUCTURES; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PANTHERA; TREES;

CARNIVORA; PANTHERA ONCA;

EID: 78449291850     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2010.04856.x     Document Type: Article

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