New evidence for hybrid zones of forest and savanna elephants in Central and West Africa

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 6134-6147

  Mondol, Samrat ^a,e   Moltke, Ida ^b,f   Hart, John ^c   Keigwin, Michael ^d   Brown, Lisa ^a   Stephens, Matthew ^b   Wasser, Samuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c Lukuru Wildlife Research Foundation   (Congo)

^d Uganda Conservation Foundation   (Uganda)

^e WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

conservation; Elephant hybridization; forest elephant; genetic population structure; savanna elephant

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; DNA SEQUENCE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FERTILITY; FOREST; GENETICS; GRASSLAND; HYBRIDIZATION; POPULATION GENETICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELEPHANTS; FERTILITY; FORESTS; GENETICS, POPULATION; GRASSLAND; HYBRIDIZATION, GENETIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UGANDA; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 84955374660     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mec.13472     Document Type: Article

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