Non-invasive genetic monitoring of wild central chimpanzees.

BACKGROUND: An assessment of population size and structure is an important first step in devising conservation and management plans for endangered species. Many threatened animals are elusive, rare and live in habitats that prohibit directly counting individuals. For example, a well-founded estimate...

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Main Authors: Mimi Arandjelovic, Josephine Head, Luisa I Rabanal, Grit Schubert, Elisabeth Mettke, Christophe Boesch, Martha M Robbins, Linda Vigilant
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3057985?pdf=render