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Climate change, humans, and the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
TL;DR: It is shown that suitable climate conditions for the mammoth reduced drastically between the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene, and 90% of its geographical range disappeared, with the remaining suitable areas in the mid-Holocene being mainly restricted to Arctic Siberia, which is where the latest records of woolly mammoths in continental Asia have been found.
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Megagardeners of the forest - the role of elephants in seed dispersal
TL;DR: The current knowledge of elephants as seed dispersers is reviewed, the ecological consequences of their decline are discussed, priority areas for research and conservation action are suggested, and elephants are forest gardeners are suggested.
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Mitochondrial DNA variation, phylogeography and population structure of the Asian elephant.
TL;DR: Comparison with African elephant sequences indicated a relatively slow molecular clock in the Proboscidea with a sequence divergence of ≈1%/Myr, and 17 haplotypes were identified within Asian elephants, which clustered into two well-differentiated assemblages, suggesting allopatric divergence and secondary admixture.
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Global biodiversity assessment and hyper-cryptic species complexes: more than one species of elephant in the room?
Mark Adams,Mark Adams,Tarmo A. Raadik,Tarmo A. Raadik,Christopher P. Burridge,Arthur Georges +5 more
TL;DR: This work explores the significance and extent of so-called "hyper-cryptic" species complexes, using the Australian freshwater fish Galaxias olidus as a proxy for any organism whose taxonomy ought to be largely finalized when compared to those in little-studied or morphologically undifferentiated groups.
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DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.
Prithiviraj Fernando,T. N. C. Vidya,John Payne,Michael Stuewe,Geoffrey Davison,Raymond Alfred,Patrick Andau,Edwin J. Bosi,Annelisa M. Kilbourn,Don J. Melnick +9 more
TL;DR: Borneo's elephants are genetically distinct, with molecular divergence indicative of a Pleistocene colonisation of Borneo and subsequent isolation, and their genetic distinctiveness makes them one of the highest priority populations for Asian elephant conservation.
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Climate change, humans, and the extinction of the woolly mammoth.
TL;DR: It is shown that suitable climate conditions for the mammoth reduced drastically between the Late Pleistocene and the Holocene, and 90% of its geographical range disappeared, with the remaining suitable areas in the mid-Holocene being mainly restricted to Arctic Siberia, which is where the latest records of woolly mammoths in continental Asia have been found.
Journal ArticleDOI
Megagardeners of the forest - the role of elephants in seed dispersal
TL;DR: The current knowledge of elephants as seed dispersers is reviewed, the ecological consequences of their decline are discussed, priority areas for research and conservation action are suggested, and elephants are forest gardeners are suggested.
Journal ArticleDOI
Mitochondrial DNA variation, phylogeography and population structure of the Asian elephant.
TL;DR: Comparison with African elephant sequences indicated a relatively slow molecular clock in the Proboscidea with a sequence divergence of ≈1%/Myr, and 17 haplotypes were identified within Asian elephants, which clustered into two well-differentiated assemblages, suggesting allopatric divergence and secondary admixture.
Journal ArticleDOI
Global biodiversity assessment and hyper-cryptic species complexes: more than one species of elephant in the room?
Mark Adams,Mark Adams,Tarmo A. Raadik,Tarmo A. Raadik,Christopher P. Burridge,Arthur Georges +5 more
TL;DR: This work explores the significance and extent of so-called "hyper-cryptic" species complexes, using the Australian freshwater fish Galaxias olidus as a proxy for any organism whose taxonomy ought to be largely finalized when compared to those in little-studied or morphologically undifferentiated groups.
Journal ArticleDOI
DNA analysis indicates that Asian elephants are native to Borneo and are therefore a high priority for conservation.
Prithiviraj Fernando,T. N. C. Vidya,John Payne,Michael Stuewe,Geoffrey Davison,Raymond Alfred,Patrick Andau,Edwin J. Bosi,Annelisa M. Kilbourn,Don J. Melnick +9 more
TL;DR: Borneo's elephants are genetically distinct, with molecular divergence indicative of a Pleistocene colonisation of Borneo and subsequent isolation, and their genetic distinctiveness makes them one of the highest priority populations for Asian elephant conservation.