Article
New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2015
Dalton Desiré L, Linden Birthe, Wimberger Kirsten, Nupen Lisa Jane, Tordiffe Adrian S W, Taylor Peter John, Madisha M Thabang, Kotze Antoinette
Abstract excerpt
The samango monkey is South Africa's only exclusively forest dwelling primate and represents the southernmost extent of the range of arboreal guenons in Africa. The main threats to South Africa's forests and thus to the samango are linked to increasing land-use pressure and increasing demands for forest resources, resulting in deforestation, degradation and further fragmentation of irreplaceable habitats. The...
Topics
- Animals
- Body Mass Index
- Cercopithecus
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ecosystem
- Genetic Speciation
- Genetic Variation
- Hair
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Phylogeny
