Genetic diversity, social structure, and conservation value of the elephants of the Nakai Plateau, Lao PDR, based on non-invasive sampling

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 413-422

  Ahlering, Marissa A ^a   Hedges, Simon ^b   Johnson, Arlyne ^c   Tyson, Martin ^c   Schuttler, Stephanie G ^a   Eggert, Lori S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (Laos)

Author keywords

Asian mammals; Dispersal; Elephas maximus; Microsatellites; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

BASELINE SURVEY; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAM CONSTRUCTION; DISPERSAL; ELEPHANT; FLOOD; GENETIC MARKER; HETEROZYGOSITY; HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATEDNESS;

INDIA; LAOS; NAKAI PLATEAU; VIET NAM;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952695905     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-010-0148-y     Document Type: Article

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