Conservation genetics of the white‐bellied pangolin in West Africa: A story of lineage admixture, declining demography, and wide sourcing by urban bushmeat markets

Conservation genetics of the white‐bellied pangolin in West Africa: A story of lineage admixture, declining demography, and wide sourcing by urban bushmeat markets

Abstract During the last 40 years, the volumes of African pangolins feeding the illegal wildlife trade have dramatically increased. We conducted a conservation genetics survey of the most traded African species, the white bellied pangolin (WBP; Phataginus tricuspis), across three West African countr...

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Main Authors: Koffi Jules Gossé, Sery Gonedelé‐Bi, Sylvain Dufour, Emmanuel Danquah, Philippe Gaubert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2024-03-01
Series:Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
conservation genetics
demographic decline
genetic structure
microsatellites
West Africa
white‐bellied pangolin
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11031

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https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.11031

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