Ten years of Arabian oryx conservation breeding in Saudi Arabia - Achievements and regional perspectives

ORYX

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 209-222

  Ostrowski, Stéphane ^a   Bedin, Eric ^a   Lenain, Daniel M ^a   Abuzinada, Abdulaziz H ^b  

^a National Wildlife Research Center   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Natl Commn Wildl Conserv Devmt   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CONSERVATION; NATURE CONSERVATION; PROTECTED AREA; REINTRODUCTION; SPECIES REINTRODUCTION;

SAUDI ARABIA;

MAMMALIA; ORYX; ORYX LEUCORYX;

EID: 0031870896     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.d01-38.x     Document Type: Review

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