Implications of past and present genetic connectivity for management of the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus).

ABSTRACT: Effective management of protected species requires information on appropriate evolutionary and geographic population boundaries and knowledge of how the physical environment and life-history traits combine to shape the population structure and connectivity. Saltwater crocodiles (Crocodylus porosus) are the largest and most widely distributed of living crocodilians, extending from Sri Lanka to Southeast Asia and down to northern Australia. Given the long-distance movement capabilities reported for C. porosus, management units are hypothesised to be highly connected by migration. However, the magnitude, scale, and consistency of connection across managed populations are not fully understood. Here we used an efficient genotyping method that combines DArTseq and sequence capture

SUBMITTER: Lloyd-Jones LR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10130557 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature