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Paul R. Sesink Clee, Ph.D.

Deputy Geographic Information Officer, The City of Philadelphia
Verified email at Phila.gov
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[HTML][HTML] Chimpanzee population structure in Cameroon and Nigeria is associated with habitat variation that may be lost under climate change

PR Sesink Clee, EE Abwe, RD Ambahe… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background The Nigeria-Cameroon chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes ellioti) is found in the Gulf
of Guinea biodiversity hotspot located in western equatorial Africa. This subspecies is …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental variation and rivers govern the structure of chimpanzee genetic diversity in a biodiversity hotspot

MW Mitchell, S Locatelli, PR Sesink Clee… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background The mechanisms that underlie the diversification of tropical animals remain
poorly understood, but new approaches that combine geo-spatial modeling with spatially …

[HTML][HTML] The population genetics of wild chimpanzees in Cameroon and Nigeria suggests a positive role for selection in the evolution of chimpanzee subspecies

…, L Ghobrial, AA Pokempner, PR Sesink Clee… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2015 - Springer
Background Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can be divided into four subspecies. Substantial
phylogenetic evidence suggests that these subspecies can be grouped into two distinct …

Precipitation and vegetation shape patterns of genomic and craniometric variation in the central African rodent Praomys misonnei

…, GC Tasse Taboue, PR Sesink Clee… - … of the Royal …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Predicting species' capacity to respond to climate change is an essential first step in developing
effective conservation strategies. However, conservation prioritization schemes rarely …

Re-defining historical geographic range in species with sparse records: implications for the Mexican wolf reintroduction program

SA Hendricks, PRS Clee, RJ Harrigan… - Biological …, 2016 - Elsevier
Reintroduction is often the only remaining option for recovery of extirpated species. According
to the US Endangered Species Act, species should be reintroduced to suitable habitats …

Conservation strategies for understanding and combating the primate bushmeat trade on Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea

DT Cronin, PR Sesink Clee, MW Mitchell… - American Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Bioko Island, Equatorial Guinea is among the important places in Africa for the conservation
of primates, but a cultural preference for bushmeat and a lack of effective law enforcement …

[HTML][HTML] Distribution modeling and lineage diversity of the chytrid fungus Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) in a central African amphibian hotspot

…, MMP Ekane, M Robak, PR Sesink Clee… - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
The amphibian disease chytridiomycosis in amphibians is caused by the chytrid fungus
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis (Bd) and has resulted in dramatic declines and extinctions of …

Climate warming causes declines in crop yields and lowers school attendance rates in Central Africa

TL Fuller, PRS Clee, KY Njabo, A Tróchez… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
Although a number of recent studies suggest that climate associated shifts in agriculture are
affecting social and economic systems, there have been relatively few studies of these …

Restoring the species status of Catharus maculatus (Aves: Turdidae), a secretive Andean thrush, with a critique of the yardstick approach to species delimitation

MR Halley, JC Klicka, PRS Clee, JD Weckstein - Zootaxa, 2017 - biotaxa.org
In the 1850s, two species of" Spotted" Nightingale-Thrush (Aves: Catharus) were independently
described from montane rainforests of Guatemala, C. dryas (Gould, 1855) and Ecuador, …

[HTML][HTML] Why Are Nigeria-Cameroon Chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes ellioti) Free of SIVcpz Infection?

S Locatelli, RJ Harrigan, PR Sesink Clee… - PLoS …, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) naturally infects two subspecies of chimpanzee: Pan
troglodytes troglodytes from Central Africa (SIVcpzPtt) and P. t. schweinfurtii from East Africa (…