Human influence on the population decline and loss of genetic diversity in a small and isolated population of Sichuan snub-nosed monkeys (Rhinopithecus roxellana)

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Volumn 140, Issue 4-6, 2012, Pages 105-114

  Chang, Zong Fei ^a,b,c   Luo, Mao Fang ^a,c   Liu, Zhi Jin ^a   Yang, Jing Yuan ^d   Xiang, Zuo Fu ^e   Li, Ming ^a   Vigilant, Linda ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (China)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d Hubei Province Key Laboratory of Conservation Biology of Shennongjia Golden Monkey   (China)

^e CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY OF FORESTRY AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Bottleneck; Genetic diversity; Human activities; Microsatellite; Rhinopithecus roxellana

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLOBINAE; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ANIMALS; CHINA; COLOBINAE; GENETIC LOCI; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; HUMANS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

HAPLORHINI; PYGATHRIX ROXELLANA;

EID: 84866540846     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-012-9662-9     Document Type: Article

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