Historical geographic dispersal of the golden snub-nosed monkey (Rhinopithecus roxellana) and the influence of climatic oscillations

American Journal of Primatology

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 91-101

  Luo, Maofang ^a,b   Liu, Zhijin ^a   Pan, Huijuan ^c   Zhao, Liang ^d   Li, Ming ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Climatic oscillation; Dispersal route; Environment change; Golden monkey; MtDNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CLIMATE EFFECT; CLIMATE VARIATION; DISPERSAL; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENE FLOW; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENOTYPE; GLOBAL CHANGE; HISTORICAL ECOLOGY; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHYLOGENETICS; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; PLEISTOCENE; POPULATION DECLINE; PRIMATE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; UPLIFT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOBINAE; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; CHINA; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLOBINAE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; HAPLOTYPES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

CHINA; GANSU; HUBEI; QINLING MOUNTAINS; SHAANXI; SHENNONGJIA; SICHUAN;

ANIMALIA; HAPLORHINI; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 84855976270     PISSN: 02752565     EISSN: 10982345     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajp.21006     Document Type: Article

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