Natural variation in horn size and social dominance and their importance to the conservation of black rhinoceros

Conservation Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 708-711

  Berger, Joel ^a   Cunningham, Carol ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 0031832735     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1998.97207.x     Document Type: Article

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