The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants

Patrícia Pečnerová, Yasuko Ishida, Genís Garcia-Erill, Laura D. Bertola, Cindy G. Santander, Xiaodong Liu, Anna Brüniche-Olsen, Anubhab Khan, Lauren M. Hennelly, Renzo F. Balboa, Long Lin, Malthe S. Rasmussen, Xi Wang, Mikkel Schubert, Amal Al-Chaer, Sylwia Urbaniak, Kan Nobuta, Sasha Treadup, Karine A. Viaud-Martinez, Alida de Flamingh, Ripan S. Malhi, Savanah Bird, Nelson Ting, Mrinalini Watsa, Martin N. Tchamba, Stéphanie Bourgeois, Chris Thouless, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, George Wittemyer, Peter J. Van Coeverden de Groot, Vincent B. Muwanika, Charles Masembe, Nicholas J. Georgiadis, Christina Hvilsom, Rasmus Heller, Hans Redlef Siegismund, Alfred L. Roca

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w,
  title = {The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants},
  author = {Patrícia Pečnerová and Yasuko Ishida and Genís Garcia-Erill and Laura D. Bertola and Cindy G. Santander and Xiaodong Liu and Anna Brüniche-Olsen and Anubhab Khan and Lauren M. Hennelly and Renzo F. Balboa and Long Lin and Malthe S. Rasmussen and Xi Wang and Mikkel Schubert and Amal Al-Chaer and Sylwia Urbaniak and Kan Nobuta and Sasha Treadup and Karine A. Viaud-Martinez and Alida de Flamingh and Ripan S. Malhi and Savanah Bird and Nelson Ting and Mrinalini Watsa and Martin N. Tchamba and Stéphanie Bourgeois and Chris Thouless and Iain Douglas-Hamilton and George Wittemyer and Peter J. Van Coeverden de Groot and Vincent B. Muwanika and Charles Masembe and Nicholas J. Georgiadis and Christina Hvilsom and Rasmus Heller and Hans Redlef Siegismund and Alfred L. Roca},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w}
}

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AU  - Yasuko Ishida
AU  - Genís Garcia-Erill
AU  - Laura D. Bertola
AU  - Cindy G. Santander
AU  - Xiaodong Liu
AU  - Anna Brüniche-Olsen
AU  - Anubhab Khan
AU  - Lauren M. Hennelly
AU  - Renzo F. Balboa
AU  - Long Lin
AU  - Malthe S. Rasmussen
AU  - Xi Wang
AU  - Mikkel Schubert
AU  - Amal Al-Chaer
AU  - Sylwia Urbaniak
AU  - Kan Nobuta
AU  - Sasha Treadup
AU  - Karine A. Viaud-Martinez
AU  - Alida de Flamingh
AU  - Ripan S. Malhi
AU  - Savanah Bird
AU  - Nelson Ting
AU  - Mrinalini Watsa
AU  - Martin N. Tchamba
AU  - Stéphanie Bourgeois
AU  - Chris Thouless
AU  - Iain Douglas-Hamilton
AU  - George Wittemyer
AU  - Peter J. Van Coeverden de Groot
AU  - Vincent B. Muwanika
AU  - Charles Masembe
AU  - Nicholas J. Georgiadis
AU  - Christina Hvilsom
AU  - Rasmus Heller
AU  - Hans Redlef Siegismund
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Pečnerová, P., Ishida, Y., Garcia-Erill, G., Bertola, L. D., Santander, C. G., Liu, X., Brüniche-Olsen, A., Khan, A., Hennelly, L. M., Balboa, R. F., Lin, L., Rasmussen, M. S., Wang, X., Schubert, M., Al-Chaer, A., Urbaniak, S., Nobuta, K., Treadup, S., Viaud-Martinez, K. A., Flamingh, A. D., Malhi, R. S., Bird, S., Ting, N., Watsa, M., Tchamba, M. N., Bourgeois, S., Thouless, C., Douglas-Hamilton, I., Wittemyer, G., Groot, P. J. V. C. D., Muwanika, V. B., Masembe, C., Georgiadis, N. J., Hvilsom, C., Heller, R., Siegismund, H. R., & Roca, A. L. (2026). The genomic impact of population connectivity and decline in Africa’s elephants. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71262-w

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