Genetics and the last stand of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

ORYX

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 340-344

  Goossens, Benoît ^a   Salgado Lynn, Milena ^a   Rovie Ryan, Jeffrine J ^b   Ahmad, Abdul H ^c   Payne, Junaidi ^d   Zainuddin, Zainal Z ^d   Nathan, Senthilvel K S S ^e   Ambu, Laurentius N ^e  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA SABAH   (Malaysia)

^d Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA)   (Malaysia)

^e SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dicerorhinus sumatrensis; extinction; genetics; genome resource banking; Sumatran rhinoceros; threatened

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION PLANNING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION RISK; GENOMICS; HABITAT LOSS; POACHING; PRIORITIZATION; REPRODUCTIVE ISOLATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; UNGULATE;

BORNEO; GREATER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUMATRA; SUNDA ISLES;

EID: 84880705019     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000045     Document Type: Article

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