caa a22 4500 44585751X CHVBK 20180317145432.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10592-011-0185-1 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10592-011-0185-1 Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis bicornis , in Namibia [Elektronische Daten] [Peter Van Coeverden de Groot, Andrea Putnam, Peter Erb, Candace Scott, Don Melnick, Colleen O'Ryan, Peter Boag] Poaching and habitat destruction across sub-Saharan Africa brought the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) close to extinction. Over the past few decades, however, one of four subspecies, D. b. bicornis, has experienced a significant population increase as a consequence of its protection within Etosha National Park (ENP), Namibia. We report here on the level and spatial distribution of black rhinoceros genetic diversity within ENP. Using nine microsatellite loci, genetic variation was assessed from 144 individuals. Our results are consistent with the observation of lower levels of genetic diversity in D. b. bicornis, when compared to D. b. michaeli, but greater diversity when compared to D. b. minor. We also showed that ENP's black rhino genetic diversity is well represented in Waterberg National Park, originally founded with ENP individuals. We found no genetic signature of a recent bottleneck in ENP, however, suggesting that the genetic diversity within ENP has not been adversely affected by the recent severe population decline. Using Bayesian clustering methods, we observed no significant population structure within ENP, but positive spatial genetic correlation is observed at distances up to 25km. This relationship exists in females but not males, suggesting reduced dispersal among females, the first evidence of limited female dispersal or philopatry in any species of rhinoceros. Springer Science+Business Media B.V., 2011 Conservation genetics nationallicence Diceros bicornis nationallicence Microsatellite nationallicence Spatial autocorrelation nationallicence Van Coeverden de Groot Peter Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut Putnam Andrea San Diego Zoo Global, 92101, San Diego, CA, USA aut Erb Peter Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Private Bag, 13346, Windhoek, Namibia aut Scott Candace Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut Melnick Don Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY, USA aut O'Ryan Colleen Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7700, Rondebosch, South Africa aut Boag Peter Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/3(2011-06-01), 783-792 1566-0621 12:3<783 2011 12 10592 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0185-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-011-0185-1 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Van Coeverden de Groot Peter Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Putnam Andrea San Diego Zoo Global, 92101, San Diego, CA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Erb Peter Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Private Bag, 13346, Windhoek, Namibia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Scott Candace Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Melnick Don Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Environmental Biology, Columbia University, 10027, New York, NY, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- O'Ryan Colleen Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, 7700, Rondebosch, South Africa aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Boag Peter Department of Biology, Queen's University, K7L 3N6, Kingston, ON, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Conservation Genetics Springer Netherlands 12/3(2011-06-01), 783-792 1566-0621 12:3<783 2011 12 10592 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer