Giraffe taxonomy, geographic distribution and conservation

A comparative approach for species delimitation based on multiple methods of multi-locus DNA sequence analysis: A case study of the genus Giraffa (Mammalia, Cetartiodactyla)

(2020) Alice Petzold et al.   PLoS One

Species assignment and conservation genetics of giraffe in the Republic of Malawi

(2019) Sven Winter et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

More grist for the mill? Species delimitation in the genomic era and its implications for conservation

(2019) David W. G. Stanton et al.   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Reconciling the Mitonuclear Compatibility Species Concept with Rampant Mitochondrial Introgression

(2019) Geoffrey E Hill   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

All the eggs in one basket: A countrywide assessment of current and historical giraffe population distribution in Uganda

(2019) Michael B. Brown et al.   Global Ecology and Conservation

Updated geographic range maps for giraffe, Giraffa spp., throughout sub‐Saharan Africa, and implications of changing distributions for conservation

(2019) David O'connor et al.   MAMMAL REVIEW

The genetic status of the introduced giraffe population in Central South Africa

(2019) Marieka E. Van Niekerk et al.   KOEDOE

Comparing an automated high-definition oblique camera system to rear-seat-observers in a wildlife survey in Tsavo, Kenya: Taking multi-species aerial counts to the next level

(2019) Richard Lamprey et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Limited introgression supports division of giraffe into four species

(2018) Sven Winter et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Rothschild’s giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi (Linnaeus, 1758) in East Africa: A review of population trends, taxonomy and conservation status

(2018) Zoe Muller   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Conservation of adaptive potential and functional diversity: integrating old and new approaches

(2018) Barbara K. Mable   CONSERVATION GENETICS

Biparental Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA in Humans

(2018) Shiyu Luo et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Seeing spots: quantifying mother-offspring similarity and assessing fitness consequences of coat pattern traits in a wild population of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis)

(2018) Derek E. Lee et al.   PeerJ

Experimental Support That Natural Selection Has Shaped the Latitudinal Distribution of Mitochondrial Haplotypes in Australian Drosophila melanogaster

(2017) M. Florencia Camus et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

Taxonomy anarchy hampers conservation

(2017) Stephen T. Garnett et al.   NATURE

Seasonal and geographical influences on the feeding ecology of giraffes in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia: 1973-2014

(2016) Philip S. M. Berry et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Multi-locus Analyses Reveal Four Giraffe Species Instead of One

(2016) Julian Fennessy et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Precision, accuracy, and costs of survey methods for giraffeGiraffa camelopardalis

(2016) Derek E. Lee et al.   JOURNAL OF MAMMALOGY

Population census of Thornicroft's giraffe Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti in Zambia, 1973−2003: conservation reassessment required

(2016) Philip S. M. Berry et al.   ORYX

Gazing at a giraffe gyroscope: where are we going?

(2015) Fred B. Bercovitch et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Mitochondrial sequences reveal a clear separation between Angolan and South African giraffe along a cryptic rift valley

(2014) Friederike Bock et al.   BMC EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY

Mitochondrial DNA analyses show that Zambia's South Luangwa Valley giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis thornicrofti) are genetically isolated

(2013) Julian Fennessy et al.   AFRICAN JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY

Regional Differences in Seasonal Timing of Rainfall Discriminate between Genetically Distinct East African Giraffe Taxa

(2013) Henri A. Thomassen et al.   PLoS One

Pleiotropic effects of coat colour-associated mutations in humans, mice and other mammals

(2013) Monika Reissmann et al.   SEMINARS IN CELL & DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

Species inflation and taxonomic artefacts—A critical comment on recent trends in mammalian classification

(2012) Frank E. Zachos et al.   MAMMALIAN BIOLOGY

Comparative phylogeography of African savannah ungulates1

(2012) E. D. LORENZEN et al.   MOLECULAR ECOLOGY

Harnessing genomics for delineating conservation units

(2012) W. Chris Funk et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Positive selection on the killer whale mitogenome

(2010) A. D. Foote et al.   Biology Letters

The giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis) cervical vertebral column: a heuristic example in understanding evolutionary processes?

(2009) N. LUDO BADLANGANA et al.   ZOOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY