New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorDalton, Desiré Len_ZA
dc.contributor.authorLinden, Birtheen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorWimberger, Kirstenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNupen, Lisa Janeen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTordiffe, Adrian S Wen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorTaylor, Peter Johnen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMadisha, M Thabangen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorKotze, Antoinetteen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-11-18T07:12:46Z
dc.date.available2015-11-18T07:12:46Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe samango monkey is South Africa's only exclusively forest dwelling primate and represents the southernmost extent of the range of arboreal guenons in Africa. The main threats to South Africa's forests and thus to the samango are linked to increasing land-use pressure and increasing demands for forest resources, resulting in deforestation, degradation and further fragmentation of irreplaceable habitats. The species belongs to the highly polytypic Cercopithecus nictitans group which is sometimes divided into two species C . mitis and C . albogularis . The number of subspecies of C . albogularis is also under debate and is based only on differences in pelage colouration and thus far no genetic research has been undertaken on South African samango monkey populations. In this study we aim to further clarify the number of samango monkey subspecies, as well as their respective distributions in South Africa by combining molecular, morphometric and pelage data. Overall, our study provides the most comprehensive view to date into the taxonomic description of samango monkeys in South Africa. Our data supports the identification of three distinct genetic entities namely; C . a . labiatus , C . a . erythrarchus and C . a . schwarzi and argues for separate conservation management of the distinct genetic entities defined by this study.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDalton, D. L., Linden, B., Wimberger, K., Nupen, L. J., Tordiffe, A. S. W., Taylor, P. J., ... Kotze, A. (2015). New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa. <i>PLoS One</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15147en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDalton, Desiré L, Birthe Linden, Kirsten Wimberger, Lisa Jane Nupen, Adrian S W Tordiffe, Peter John Taylor, M Thabang Madisha, and Antoinette Kotze "New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa." <i>PLoS One</i> (2015) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15147en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDalton, D. L., Linden, B., Wimberger, K., Nupen, L. J., Tordiffe, A. S., Taylor, P. J., ... & Kotze, A. (2014). New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa. PloS one, 10(3), e0117003. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0117003en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Dalton, Desiré L AU - Linden, Birthe AU - Wimberger, Kirsten AU - Nupen, Lisa Jane AU - Tordiffe, Adrian S W AU - Taylor, Peter John AU - Madisha, M Thabang AU - Kotze, Antoinette AB - The samango monkey is South Africa's only exclusively forest dwelling primate and represents the southernmost extent of the range of arboreal guenons in Africa. The main threats to South Africa's forests and thus to the samango are linked to increasing land-use pressure and increasing demands for forest resources, resulting in deforestation, degradation and further fragmentation of irreplaceable habitats. The species belongs to the highly polytypic Cercopithecus nictitans group which is sometimes divided into two species C . mitis and C . albogularis . The number of subspecies of C . albogularis is also under debate and is based only on differences in pelage colouration and thus far no genetic research has been undertaken on South African samango monkey populations. In this study we aim to further clarify the number of samango monkey subspecies, as well as their respective distributions in South Africa by combining molecular, morphometric and pelage data. Overall, our study provides the most comprehensive view to date into the taxonomic description of samango monkeys in South Africa. Our data supports the identification of three distinct genetic entities namely; C . a . labiatus , C . a . erythrarchus and C . a . schwarzi and argues for separate conservation management of the distinct genetic entities defined by this study. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0117003 DP - University of Cape Town J1 - PLoS One LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa TI - New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15147 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/15147
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117003
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDalton DL, Linden B, Wimberger K, Nupen LJ, Tordiffe ASW, Taylor PJ, et al. New insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africa. PLoS One. 2015; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/15147.en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisherPublic Library of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Biological Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Scienceen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.rightsThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.en_ZA
dc.rights.holder© 2015 Dalton et alen_ZA
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dc.sourcePLoS Oneen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://journals.plos.org/plosoneen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMonkeysen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPopulation geneticsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherGenetic locien_ZA
dc.subject.otherPhylogenetic analysisen_ZA
dc.subject.otherForestsen_ZA
dc.subject.otherHaplotypesen_ZA
dc.subject.otherMitochondrial DNAen_ZA
dc.subject.otherPolymerase chain reactionen_ZA
dc.titleNew insights into samango monkey speciation in South Africaen_ZA
dc.typeJournal Articleen_ZA
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