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Population viability analysis of small population: a case study for Asian elephant in China.
Integrative zoology - 1 Sept 2020
He Changhuan, DU Jiaojiao, Zhu Di, Zhang Li
Abstract excerpt
Small populations are at risk of extinction from deterministic and stochastic factors. Less than 250 Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) remain in China, and are distributed in a few isolated areas; yet, population viability analyses of this endangered population have not been conducted. Here, the current genetic status of the Pu'Er-Mengyang Asian elephant populations in China was analyzed, and the risk of...
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