Home and hub: pet trade and traditional medicine impact reptile populations in source locations and destinations
| العنوان: | Home and hub: pet trade and traditional medicine impact reptile populations in source locations and destinations |
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| المؤلفون: | Pauline C. Dufour, Elliott F. Miot, Tsz Chun So, Shun Long Tang, Emily E. Jones, Tsz Ching Kong, Felix Landry Yuan, Yik-Hei Sung, Caroline Dingle, Timothy C. Bonebrake |
| المصدر: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 289 |
| بيانات النشر: | The Royal Society, 2022. |
| سنة النشر: | 2022 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | General Immunology and Microbiology, Endangered Species, Animals, Humans, Animals, Wild, Lizards, Biodiversity, Medicine, Traditional, General Medicine, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, General Environmental Science |
| الوصف: | The pet trade and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) consumption are major drivers of global biodiversity loss. Tokay geckos ( Gekko gecko ) are among the most traded reptile species worldwide. In Hong Kong, pet and TCM markets sell tokay geckos while wild populations also persist. To clarify connections between trade sources and destinations, we compared genetics and stable isotopes of wild tokays in local and non-local populations to dried individuals from TCM markets across Hong Kong. We found that TCM tokays are likely not of local origin. Most wild tokays were related to individuals in South China, indicating a probable natural origin. However, two populations contained individuals more similar to distant populations, indicating pet trade origins. Our results highlight the complexity of wildlife trade impacts within trade hubs. Such trade dynamics complicate local legal regulation when endangered species are protected, but the same species might also be non-native and possibly damaging to the environment. |
| تدمد: | 1471-2954 0962-8452 |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::f686a4a0984f51e649e9b850250d6cf8 https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2022.1011 |
| حقوق: | CLOSED |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsair.doi.dedup.....f686a4a0984f51e649e9b850250d6cf8 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 14712954 09628452 |
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