Journal article
Spatial genetic structure in the vulnerable smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata, mustelidae): Towards an adaptive conservation management of the species
M Guerrini, G Forcina, MAH Chua, M Theng, OF Al-Sheikhly, MK Haba, BK Gupta, T Ruby, TT Nguyen, AA Khan, F Barbanera
Raffles Bulletin of Zoology | NATL UNIV SINGAPOIRE, FAC SCIENCE,LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM | Published : 2020
Abstract
Since Fraser and Bernatchez’s seminal paper, the concept of adaptive conservation has inspired in situ and ex situ management aimed at preserving the genetic distinctiveness of natural populations and their associated evolutionary potential. This goal is particularly worthwhile in an epoch of rampant biotic homogenisation (i.e., the progressive replacement of native biotas with locally expanding non-natives) driven by global change in the context of the ongoing Anthropocene extinction. Under these premises, we provided here a molecular biogeographic framework based on macro-regional scale sampling to support conservation initiatives for the smooth-coated otter (Lutrogale perspicillata). This..
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Funding Acknowledgements
For modern samples, we are grateful to: T.M. Ansari (Institutional Research Ethical Committee, Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan); Lao Zoo/Wildlife Sanctuary and Acres NGO (Laos); N. Marx (Wildlife Alliance NGO) and R. Nhek (Phnom Tamao Zoological Park and Wildlife Rescue Center, Phnom Penh) in Cambodia; R. Perry (Colchester Zoo, UK); S. Rahman (Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh); M. Wilder (Wingham Wildlife Park, Wingham, UK). For museum samples, we are grateful to: R. Banasiak, L. Heaney, J. Phelps, and W. Stanley (Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, USA); A. Bibl and F. Zachos (Natural History Museum, Vienna, Austria); C. Callou, L. Flamme, and G. Veron (National Museum of Natural History, Paris, France); N. Duncan, M. Surovy, and E. Westwig (American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA); K.M. Helgen, E.M. Langan, and D. Lunde (Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., USA); D.K. Johansson (Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark); R. Portela Miguez and L. Tomsett (Natural History Museum, London, UK). Authors are also grateful to K.-P. Koepfli (Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington D.C., USA) and to R. Kossl (South Bohemian Zoo Hluboka nad Vltavou, Hluboka nad Vltavou, Czech Republic) for sharing three mtDNA sequences and for Species360 information about the smoothcoated otter, respectively, and to N. Duplaix (Co-Chair IUCN/SSC Otter Specialist Group/Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA) for her help with identification of the L. p. perspicillata museum holotype. Authors are deeply grateful to Song Li (Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China) who performed genetic investigation (DNA extraction, amplification, and sequencing) of four otter specimens with the support of the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People's Republic of China (grant #2005DKA21402). Finally, research in Vietnam was supported by the Vietnam Academy of Science and Technology (Red Data Book Project).