Genetic structure and diversity of the black and rufous sengi in Tanzanian coastal forests

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dc.contributor.authorSabuni, C. A.
dc.contributor.authorVan Houtte, N.
dc.contributor.authorGryseels, S.
dc.contributor.authorMaganga, S. L. S.
dc.contributor.authorMakundi, Rhodes H.
dc.contributor.authorLeirs, H.
dc.contributor.authorGoüy de Bellocq, J.
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-23T05:35:57Z
dc.date.available2018-07-23T05:35:57Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.descriptionJournal of Zoology, 2016; 300: 305-313en_US
dc.description.abstractThe black and rufous sengi Rhynchocyon petersi is restricted to the Eastern ArcMountains and coastal forests of East Africa and considered vulnerable because ofhabitat fragmentation and degradation. Coastal forests are believed to have beenisolated from each other for thousands of years due to climatic changes. SinceR. petersi is described as strongly dependent on its forest habitat, we hypothesizedthat R. petersi from different forests would show genetic divergence. We investi-gated the genetic structure and diversity of this species in four coastal forests inTanzania using eight microsatellites and cytochrome b sequences. In total, 45 indi-viduals were captured after strenuous sampling efforts. For comparative purposeswe also sequenced the cytochrome b of 57 individuals from a sympatric rodent for-est species, Beamys hindei. The results indicate extant R. petersi have descendedfrom a single population of high effective size (Ne) with no forest-distinctive sig-nal. In contrast, B. hindei is more genetically structured: Although the most com-mon haplotype is found in the three closest forests, each forest harbours privatehaplotypes. Moreover, B. hindei Ne appeared 10 times smaller than R. petersi inZaraninge forest. While B. hindei results are consistent with the scenario of long-term isolation of coastal forests, the R. petersi are not. We suggest R. petersi mayless depend on forest habitat than previously suspected, consistent with anecdotalreports of sengis nesting in intervening agricultural habitat. From a conservationviewpoint, this sengi species therefore appears robust to the current spatial andtemporal scale of habitat fragmentation.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0952-8369
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/2566
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Zoologyen_US
dc.subjectRhynchocyon petersien_US
dc.subjectBeamys hindeien_US
dc.subjectGenetic diversity;en_US
dc.subjectVulnerable;en_US
dc.subjectConservation geneticsen_US
dc.subjectCoastal foresten_US
dc.subjectHabitat fragmentationen_US
dc.titleGenetic structure and diversity of the black and rufous sengi in Tanzanian coastal forestsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1111/jzo.12384en_US

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