Genetic census reveals increased but uneven growth of a critically endangered mountain gorilla population

Biological Conservation

Volumn 158, Issue , 2013, Pages 230-238

  Gray, Maryke ^a   Roy, Justin ^b   Vigilant, Linda ^b   Fawcett, Katie ^c   Basabose, Augustin ^a   Cranfield, Mike ^d   Uwingeli, Prosper ^e   Mburanumwe, Innocent ^f   Kagoda, Edwin ^g   Robbins, Martha M ^b  

^a International Gorilla Conservation Programme   (Rwanda)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund International   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Parc National des Volcans   (Rwanda)

^f Parc National des Virunga sud   (Rwanda)

^g UGANDA WILDLIFE AUTHORITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Gorilla beringei beringei; Microsatellite genotyping; Population survey; Virunga Massif

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GROWTH RATE; HOMINID; POACHING; POLITICAL INSTABILITY; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WAR; WILD POPULATION;

VIRUNGA MOUNTAINS;

GORILLA GORILLA BERINGEI;

EID: 84870320873     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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