Goossens, Benoît and Salgado-Lynn, Milena and Rovie-Ryan, Jeffrine J. and Ahmad, Abdul H. and Payne, Junaidi and Zainuddin, Zainal Z. and Nathan, Senthilvel K. S. S. and Ambu, Laurentius N. (2013) Genetics and the last stand of the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis. Oryx, 47 (3). pp. 340-344. ISSN 0030-6053
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Abstract
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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, extinction, genetics, genome resource banking, Sumatran rhinoceros, threatened, UNIMAS, University, Borneo, Malaysia, Sarawak, Kuching, Samarahan, IPTA, education, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Divisions: | Academic Faculties, Institutes and Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology Faculties, Institutes, Centres > Faculty of Resource Science and Technology |
| Depositing User: | Ryan Japning |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Sep 2021 01:07 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Sep 2021 01:07 |
| URI: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/36006 |
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