TY  - GEN
A1  - Bull, James K.
A1  - Heurich, Marco
A1  - Saveljev, Alexander P.
A1  - Schmidt, Krzysztof
A1  - Fickel, Jörns
A1  - Förster, Daniel W.
T1  - The effect of reintroductions on the genetic variability in Eurasian lynx populations
BT  - the cases of Bohemian–Bavarian and Vosges–Palatinian populations
T2  - Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe
N2  - Over the past ~40 years, several attempts were made to reintroduce Eurasian lynx to suitable habitat within their former distribution range in Western Europe. In general, limited numbers of individuals have been released to establish new populations. To evaluate the effects of reintroductions on the genetic status of lynx populations we used 12 microsatellite loci to study lynx populations in the Bohemian–Bavarian and Vosges–Palatinian forests. Compared with autochthonous lynx populations, these two reintroduced populations displayed reduced genetic diversity, particularly the Vosges–Palatinian population. Our genetic data provide further evidence to support the status of ‘endangered’ and ‘critically endangered’ for the Bohemian–Bavarian and Vosges–Palatinian populations, respectively. Regarding conservation management, we highlight the need to limit poaching, and advocate additional translocations to bolster genetic variability.
T3  - Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Reihe - 884 
KW  - lynx
KW  - microsatellites
KW  - population history
KW  - reintroduction
Y1  - 2020
U6  - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-435117
SN  - 1866-8372
IS  - 884
SP  - 1229
EP  - 1234
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bull, James K.
A1  - Heurich, Marco
A1  - Saveljev, Alexander P.
A1  - Schmidt, Krzysztof
A1  - Fickel, Jörns
A1  - Förster, Daniel W.
T1  - The effect of reintroductions on the genetic variability in Eurasian lynx populations: the cases of Bohemian-Bavarian and Vosges-Palatinian populations
JF  - Conservation genetics
KW  - Lynx
KW  - Microsatellites
KW  - Population history
KW  - Reintroduction
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10592-016-0839-0
SN  - 1566-0621
SN  - 1572-9737
VL  - 17
SP  - 1229
EP  - 1234
PB  - Springer
CY  - Dordrecht
ER  - 
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Patel, Riddhi P.
A1  - Förster, Daniel W.
A1  - Kitchener, Andrew C.
A1  - Rayan, Mark D.
A1  - Mohamed, Shariff W.
A1  - Werner, Laura
A1  - Lenz, Dorina
A1  - Pfestorf, Hans
A1  - Kramer-Schadt, Stephanie
A1  - Radchuk, Viktoriia
A1  - Fickel, Jörns
A1  - Wilting, Andreas
T1  - Two species of Southeast Asian cats in the genus Catopuma with diverging histories: an island endemic forest specialist and a widespread habitat generalist
JF  - Royal Society Open Science
N2  - Background. The bay cat Catopuma badia is endemic to Borneo, whereas its sister species the Asian golden cat Catopuma temminckii is distributed from the Himalayas and southern China through Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra. Based onmorphological data, up to five subspecies of the Asian golden cat have been recognized, but a taxonomic assessment, including molecular data and morphological characters, is still lacking. Results. We combined molecular data (whole mitochondrial genomes), morphological data (pelage) and species distribution projections (up to the Late Pleistocene) to infer how environmental changes may have influenced the distribution of these sister species over the past 120 000 years. The molecular analysis was based on sequenced mitogenomes of 3 bay cats and 40 Asian golden cats derived mainly from archival samples. Our molecular data suggested a time of split between the two species approximately 3.16 Ma and revealed very low nucleotide diversity within the Asian golden cat population, which supports recent expansion of the population. Discussion. The low nucleotide diversity suggested a population bottleneck in the Asian golden cat, possibly caused by the eruption of the Toba volcano in Northern Sumatra (approx. 74 kya), followed by a continuous population expansion in the Late Pleistocene/Early Holocene. Species distribution projections, the reconstruction of the demographic history, a genetic isolation-by-distance pattern and a gradual variation of pelage pattern support the hypothesis of a post-Toba population expansion of the Asian golden cat from south China/Indochina to PeninsularMalaysia and Sumatra. Our findings reject the current classification of five subspecies for the Asian golden cat, but instead support either a monotypic species or one comprising two subspecies: (i) the Sunda golden cat, distributed south of the Isthmus of Kra: C. t. temminckii and (ii) Indochinese, Indian, Himalayan and Chinese golden cats, occurring north of the Isthmus: C. t. moormensis.
KW  - Felidae
KW  - Southeast Asia
KW  - last glacial maximum
KW  - Toba volcanic eruption
KW  - hybrid capture
KW  - next generation sequencing
Y1  - 2016
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160350
SN  - 2054-5703
VL  - 3
SP  - 741
EP  - 752
PB  - Royal Society
CY  - London
ER  -