Pan-India population genetics signifies the importance of habitat connectivity for wild Asian elephant conservation

Pan-India population genetics signifies the importance of habitat connectivity for wild Asian elephant conservation

Asian elephants are endangered while they have faced ~70% population decline in India in the last 60 years. Climate change projections indicate exacerbation of ongoing habitat loss (>40%) by 2070, potentially impacting genetic structure of wild elephants across India. Therefore, we provide consol...

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Main Authors: Rahul De, Reeta Sharma, Priya Davidar, N. Arumugam, Arulmozhi Sedhupathy, Jean-Philippe Puyravaud, K. Muthamizh Selvan, P.P. Abdul Rahim, Swati Udayraj, Jyotirmayee Parida, Dinesh Kumar Digal, Rajapandian Kanagaraj, Kashmira Kakati, Parag Nigam, A. Christy Williams, Bilal Habib, Surendra Prakash Goyal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-12-01
Series:Global Ecology and Conservation
Subjects:
Elephas maximus
Microsatellites
Genetic diversity
Population structure
Conservation priority
Climate change
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989421004388

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