Population growth of mountain gazelles Gazella gazella reintroduced to central Arabia

Biological Conservation

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 205-214

  Dunham, Kevin M ^a,b  

^a ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Commission for Wildlife Conservation and Development Saudi Arabia   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Arabia; Gazelles; Reintroduction; Reproduction; Survival

Indexed keywords

GAZELLA; GAZELLA GAZELLA; GAZELLA GASELLA;

MOUNTAIN GAZELLE; POPULATION GROWTH; REINTRODUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

SAUDI ARABIA, HAWTAH RESERVE;

EID: 0030616743     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3207(97)00005-0     Document Type: Article

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