Understanding historic patterns of land use and land cover change across large temporal
and spatial scales is critical for developing effective biodiversity conservation management …

The Asian elephant Elephas maximus is distributed in 13 countries across South Asia and
South East Asia spread over an area of 486 800 km2 with a population of c. 48 323–51 680 …

Protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of global conservation strategies. PAs, however,
are not equally effective for all threatened taxa, and it is important to understand taxa …

While subspecies taxonomy of Elephas maximus has varied among authors, the most recent
treatment (Shoshani and Eisenberg 1982) recognizes three subspecies: E. m. indicus on the …

Lengths of telomeres vary by an order of magnitude across mammalian species. Similarly,
age-and sex-standardized telomere lengths differ by up to 1 kb (14%) across human …

Ensuring good health and welfare is an increasingly important consideration for
conservation of endangered species and includes breeding of individuals managed under …

Abstract In the Kinabatangan floodplain, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, oil palm and settlements
have reduced and fragmented lowland tropical forests, home to around 200 endangered …

Tropical protected area management strategies have traditionally been heavily skewed
towards high carbon, primary forests. This focus can result in areas, such as heavily logged …

Abstract Knowledge of genetic diversity is necessary for designing future breeding programs
and deriving desired genotypes. The current study was designed to explore the genetic …

Conservation biologists often deal with species that have small, fragmented populations
throughout their range, making it necessary to prioritize populations for management …