Downward trends in Ngorongoro Crater ungulate populations 1986-2005: Conservation concerns and the need for ecological research

Biological Conservation

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 106-120

  Estes, R D ^a   Atwood, J L ^b   Estes, A B ^c  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b ANTIOCH UNIVERSITY NEW ENGLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Buffalo; Conservation; Gazelles; Ngorongoro; Population ecology; Serengeti; Tanzania; Ungulates; Wildebeest; Zebra

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; PREDATOR; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; NGORONGORO CRATER; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

CROCUTA CROCUTA; GAZELLA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33646151408     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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