Systematic review on the conservation genetics of African savannah elephants.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In this paper we review the conservation genetics of African savannah elephants, aiming to understand the spatio-temporal research trends and their underlying factors. As such, we explore three questions associated to the conservation genetics and molecular ecology of these elephants: (1) what are the research trends concerning the conservation genetics of Loxodonta africana? (2) Do richer countries conduct more research on the genetics of African elephants? (3) Which attributes influence where scholars conduct their research?

Materials and methods

We examined available peer-reviewed publications from 1993 to 2014 in complementary online databases, including the ISI/Web of Science (WoS), Scopus and Google Scholar (GS), and searched for publications in scien

SUBMITTER: Zacarias D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5075695 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature