Lentiviruses are a distinctive genus of retroviruses that cause chronic, persistent infections in
mammals, including humans. The emergence of pandemic HIV type-1 (HIV-1) infection …

Parasite success typically depends on a close relationship with one or more hosts; therefore,
attributes of parasitic infection have the potential to provide indirect details of host natural …

We define African savannahs as being those areas that receive between 300 and 1,500 mm
of rain annually. This broad definition encompasses a variety of habitats. Thus defined …

No group of wild mammals so universally captures the emotions of people world-wide than
do wild canids. That emotion can be enchantment and fascination, but it can also be …

Lions are one of the world's most iconic megafauna, yet little is known about their temporal
and spatial demographic history and population differentiation. We analyzed a genomic …

Motivation Determining whether a trait and phylogeny share some degree of phylogenetic
signal is a flagship goal in evolutionary biology. Signatures of phylogenetic signal can assist …

Conservation translocations have become an important management tool, particularly for
large wildlife species such as the lion (Panthera leo). When planning translocations, the …

Comparative phylogeography of African savannah mammals shows a congruent pattern in
which populations in West/Central Africa are distinct from populations in East/Southern …

Aim Predict empirically the current and recent historical (c1970) landscape connectivity and
population size of the African lion as a baseline against which to assess conservation of the …

Although significantly more money is spent on the conservation of tigers than on any other
threatened species, today only 3200 to 3600 tigers roam the forests of Asia, occupying only …