Genetic diversity in global populations of the critically endangered addax (Addax nasomaculatus) and its implications for conservation.

ABSTRACT: Threatened species are frequently patchily distributed across small wild populations, ex situ populations managed with varying levels of intensity and reintroduced populations. Best practice advocates for integrated management across in situ and ex situ populations. Wild addax (Addax nasomaculatus) now number fewer than 100 individuals, yet 1000 of addax remain in ex situ populations, which can provide addax for reintroductions, as has been the case in Tunisia since the mid-1980s. However, integrated management requires genetic data to ascertain the relationships between wild and ex situ populations that have incomplete knowledge of founder origins, management histories, and pedigrees. We undertook a global assessment of genetic diversity across wild, ex situ and reintroduced popula

SUBMITTER: Dicks KL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9850015 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature