Weitzman's Approach and Conservation of Breed Diversity: An Application to African Cattle Breeds

Conservation Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1299-1311

  Reist Marti, S B ^a   Simianer, H ^b,c   Gibson, J ^d   Hanotte, O ^d   Rege, J E O ^e  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Applied Genetics Network   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^d INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Cattle breeds; Diversity; Extinction probability; Weitzman approach

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CATTLE; CONSERVATION; EXTINCTION RISK; GENETIC VARIATION;

AFRICA;

BOS INDICUS; BOS TAURUS; BOS TAURUS X BOS INDICUS; MAMMALIA; SANGA;

EID: 0141976888     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.2003.01587.x     Document Type: Article

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