Can parks protect migratory ungulates? The case of the Serengeti wildebeest

Animal Conservation

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 113-120

  Thirgood, Simon ^a   Mosser, Anna ^b   Tham, Sebastian ^a   Hopcraft, Grant ^a   Mwangomo, Ephraim ^c   Mlengeya, Titus ^c   Kilewo, Morris ^c   Fryxell, John ^d   Sinclair, A R E ^e   Borner, Markus ^a  

^a Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c Tanzania National Parks   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HABITAT CONSERVATION; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; PROTECTED AREA; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; WORLD;

CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 20044383383     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1367943004001404     Document Type: Article

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