Demographic loss, genetic structure and the conservation implications for indian tigers

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 280, Issue 1762, 2013, Pages

  Mondol, Samrat ^a   Bruford, Michael W ^b   Ramakrishnan, Uma ^a  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic variation; Historical samples; Panthera tigris; Population decline

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION GENETICS; FELID; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; WILD POPULATION;

INDIA;

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ASIA; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEMISTRY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FECES; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GEOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGER;

ANIMALS; ASIA, WESTERN; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FECES; GENETIC VARIATION; GEOGRAPHY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION DENSITY; TIGERS;

EID: 84891500270     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2013.0496     Document Type: Article

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