Conservation implications of genetic differentiation in Southern African populations of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis);Implicaciones de la diferenciacion genetica en la conservacion de poblaciones del rinoceronte negro Diceros bicornis en el Sur de Africa

Conservation Biology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-83

  Swart, M K J ^a   Ferguson, J W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICEROS BICORNIS;

BLACK RHINOCEROS; GENETIC DISTANCE;

AFRICA,(SOUTHERN);

EID: 0030814132     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1997.95180.x     Document Type: Article

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