ArticleEcology and evolution2012
Primate DNA suggests long-term stability of an African rainforest.
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- The importance of well protected forests for the conservation genetics of West African colobine monkeys.American journal of primatology · 2023Article
- Individualistic evolutionary responses of Central African rain forest plants to Pleistocene climatic fluctuations.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020Article
- Genetic assessment of an isolated endemic Samango monkey (Cercopithecus albogularis labiatus) population in the Amathole Mountains, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.Primates; journal of primatology · 2018Article
- Cis-regulatory evolution in a wild primate: Infection-associated genetic variation drives differential expression of MHC-DQA1 in vitro.Molecular ecology · 2017Article
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- Populations at risk: conservation genetics of kangaroo mice (Microdipodops) of the Great Basin Desert.Ecology and evolution · 2013Article
- Microsatellite DNA suggests that group size affects sex-biased dispersal patterns in red colobus monkeys.American journal of primatology · 2013Article
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Abstract
Red colobus monkeys, due to their sensitivity to environmental change, are indicator species of the overall health of their tropical rainforest habitats. As a result of habitat loss and overhunting, they are among the most endangered primates in the world, with very few viable populations remaining. Traditionally, extant indicator species have been used to signify the conditions of their current habitats, but they have also been employed to track past environmental conditions by detecting previous population fluctuations. Kibale National Park (KNP) in Uganda harbors the only remaining unthreatened large population of red colobus. We used microsatellite DNA to evaluate the historical demography of these red colobus and, therefore, the long-term stability of their habitat. We find that the red colobus population throughout KNP has been stable for at least ∼40,000 years. We interpret this result as evidence of long-term forest stability because a change in the available habitat or population movement would have elicited a corresponding change in population size. We conclude that the forest of what is now Kibale National Park may have served as a Late Pleistocene refuge for many East African species.
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