Article
Landscape and conservation genetics of western black crested gibbons (Nomascus concolor) in China.
American journal of primatology - 1 Jan 2025
Orkin Joseph D, He Kai, Hu Nai-Qing, Guan Zhen-Hua, Huang Bei, Yang Chunyan, Fan Peng-Fei, Jiang Xuelong
Abstract excerpt
Despite decades of field study, very little is known about the molecular ecology of gibbons, particularly as it relates to their ability to disperse across degraded and fragmentary landscapes. The critically endangered western black crested gibbon (Nomascus concolor) has been reduced to a small, fragmented population with about 1300 individuals. In the largest population genetic study of free-ranging gibbons to...
Topics
- Animals
- China
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Conservation of Natural Resources
- Hylobates
- Genetic Variation
- Endangered Species
- Ecosystem
- Genetics, Population
- Male
- Female
