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Implications of genetics and current protected areas for conservation of 5 endangered primates in China.
Conservation biology : the journal of the Society for Conservation Biology - 1 Dec 2015
Liu Zhijin, Liu Guangjian, Roos Christian, Wang Ziming, Xiang ZuoFu, Zhu Pingfen, Wang Boshi, Ren Baoping, Shi Fanglei, Pan Huijuan, Li Ming
Abstract excerpt
Most of China's 24-28 primate species are threatened with extinction. Habitat reduction and fragmentation are perhaps the greatest threats. We used published data from a conservation genetics study of 5 endangered primates in China (Rhinopithecus roxellana, R. bieti, R. brelichi, Trachypithecus francoisi, and T. leucocephalus); distribution data on these species; and the distribution, area, and location of...
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