Literature DB >> 26089357

CONSERVATION. Genetic assignment of large seizures of elephant ivory reveals Africa's major poaching hotspots.

S K Wasser1, L Brown2, C Mailand3, S Mondol3, W Clark4, C Laurie2, B S Weir2.   

Abstract

Poaching of elephants is now occurring at rates that threaten African populations with extinction. Identifying the number and location of Africa's major poaching hotspots may assist efforts to end poaching and facilitate recovery of elephant populations. We genetically assign origin to 28 large ivory seizures (≥0.5 metric tons) made between 1996 and 2014, also testing assignment accuracy. Results suggest that the major poaching hotspots in Africa may be currently concentrated in as few as two areas. Increasing law enforcement in these two hotspots could help curtail future elephant losses across Africa and disrupt this organized transnational crime.
Copyright © 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Year:  2015        PMID： 26089357      PMCID： PMC5535781          DOI： 10.1126/science.aaa2457

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Science        ISSN： 0036-8075            Impact factor:   47.728


  13 in total

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Journal:  Science       Date:  2010-03-12       Impact factor: 47.728

4.  Genetic evidence for two species of elephant in Africa.

Authors:  A L Roca; N Georgiadis; J Pecon-Slattery; S J O'Brien
Journal:  Science       Date:  2001-08-24       Impact factor: 47.728

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Journal:  Mol Ecol       Date:  2002-12       Impact factor: 6.185

7.  Assigning African elephant DNA to geographic region of origin: applications to the ivory trade.

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Journal:  Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A       Date:  2007-02-26       Impact factor: 11.205

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Authors:  Fiona M Underwood; Robert W Burn; Tom Milliken
Journal:  PLoS One       Date:  2013-10-18       Impact factor: 3.240
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Journal:  Science       Date:  2016-10-27       Impact factor: 47.728

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8.  Recapitulating whole genome based population genetic structure for Indian wild tigers through an ancestry informative marker panel.

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10.  Combating transnational organized crime by linking multiple large ivory seizures to the same dealer.

Authors:  Samuel K Wasser; Amy Torkelson; Misa Winters; Yves Horeaux; Sean Tucker; Moses Y Otiende; Frankie A T Sitam; John Buckleton; Bruce S Weir
Journal:  Sci Adv       Date:  2018-09-19       Impact factor: 14.136
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