Evaluating population persistence of censused and unmanaged herbivore populations from the Kruger National Park, South Africa

Biological Conservation

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-67

  Nicholls, A O ^a   Viljoen, P C ^b   Knight, M H ^c   Van Jaarsveld, A S ^d  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation planning; Herbivore populations; Persistence modelling

Indexed keywords

HERBIVORE; METAPOPULATION APPROACH; POPULATION PERSISTENCE; UNGULATE;

SOUTH AFRICA, KRUGER NATIONAL PARK;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ANTELOPE; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM; CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; EQUUS; EQUUS BURCHELLII; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; HIPPOTRAGUS EQUINUS; HIPPOTRAGUS NIGER; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; MARTES ZIBELLINA; MELAMPUS; ORYX; PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS; PHACOCHOERUS AFRICANUS; RHINOCEROS; TAUROTRAGUS; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; TRAGELAPHUS STREPSICEROS; UNGULATA;

EID: 0029667692     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3207(95)00094-1     Document Type: Article

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