The Arabian tahr ( Arabitragus jayakari ) occurs only in the mountains of northern Oman and the United Arab Emirates. The species is classified as Endangered due to its small declining population. In this study, we combined genetic and landscape ecology techniques in order to inform landscape scale conservation and genetic management of Arabian tahr. Using 540 base pairs of mitochondrial control region in a dataset of 53 sampl...

Persian leopards Panthera pardus saxicolor have been extirpated from over 84% of their historic range and are now limited to rugged landscapes of West Asia and the Caucasus. Understanding and maintaining genetic diversity and population connectivity is important for preventing inbreeding and genetic drift, both of which can threaten population viability. All previous analyses of intraspecific genetic variation of West Asian le...

Aim We explore the phylogeography of Himalayan wolves using multiple genetic markers applied on a landscape‐scale dataset and relate our findings to the biogeographic history of the region. Location Himalayas of Nepal, the Tibetan Plateau of China and mountain ranges of Central Asia. Taxon Himalayan wolf (also called the Tibetan wolf), Canis lupus chanco . Methods We present a large‐scale, non‐invasive study of Himalayan wolve...