Genetic differences between the two remaining wild populations of the endangered Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis)

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2702-2709

  Zschokke, Samuel ^a   Armbruster, Georg F J ^a   Ursenbacher, Sylvain ^a   Baur, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Microsatellite markers; Mitochondrial D loop; Population genetics; Population management

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVITY; COLONIZATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DIVERGENCE; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENTIATION; GENETIC MARKER; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HORN; ISOLATED POPULATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION SIZE; POSTGLACIAL; RARE SPECIES; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; WILD POPULATION;

ASSAM; INDIA; NEPAL;

RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS;

EID: 80052606164     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.07.031     Document Type: Article

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