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A call for tiger management using "reserves" of genetic diversity.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Bay Rachael A, Ramakrishnan Uma, Hadly Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
Tigers (Panthera tigris), like many large carnivores, are threatened by anthropogenic impacts, primarily habitat loss and poaching. Current conservation plans for tigers focus on population expansion, with the goal of doubling census size in the next 10 years. Previous studies have shown that because the demographic decline was recent, tiger populations still retain a large amount of genetic diversity. Although...
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