Genetics and the last stand of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis

Autor:	Junaidi Payne, Laurentius Ambu, Jeffrine J. Rovie-Ryan, Milena Salgado-Lynn, Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Benoit Goossens, Senthilvel K. S. S. Nathan, Abdul Hamid Ahmad
Rok vydání:	2013
Předmět:	Extinction Habitat destruction Management unit Ecology Threatened species Poaching Rhinoceros Reproductive isolation Biology Dicerorhinus sumatrensis biology.organism_classification Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Nature and Landscape Conservation
Zdroj:	Oryx. 47:340-344
ISSN:	1365-3008 0030-6053
Popis:	The Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis is on the brink of extinction. Although habitat loss and poaching were the reasons of the decline, today's reproductive isolation is the main threat to the survival of the species. Genetic studies have played an important role in identifying conservation priorities, including for rhinoceroses. However, for a species such as the Sumatran rhinoceros, where time is of the essence in preventing extinction, to what extent should genetic and geographical distances be taken into account in deciding the most urgently needed conservation interventions? We propose that the populations of Sumatra and Borneo be considered as a single management unit.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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