Population constraints associated with the use of black rhinos as an umbrella species for desert herbivores;Restriccion de poblaciones asociadas con el uso de rinocerontes negros como 'Sombrilla de especies' para herbivoros del desierto

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 69-78

  Berger, Joel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK RHINOCEROS; GIRAFFE; OSTRICH; SPRINGBOK; UMBRELLA SPECIES;

NAMIBIA, NAMIB DESERT;

ANTIDORCAS MARSUPIALIS; DICEROS BICORNIS; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; STRUTHIO CAMELUS;

EID: 0030760739     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95481.x     Document Type: Article

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