Low genetic variability in the recovering urban banded leaf monkey population of Singapore

Raffles Bulletin of Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 589-594

  Ang, A ^a   Srivasthan, A ^b   Md Zain, B M ^c   Ismail, M R B ^d   Meier, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d National Parks Board   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Asian colobine; Mitochondrial HV I; Presbytis femoralis femoralis; Reintroduction; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

COLOBINAE; COLOBUS; HAPLORHINI; NASALIS LARVATUS; PRESBYTIS FEMORALIS;

EID: 84866345010     PISSN: None     EISSN: 02172445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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