Managing small populations in practice: Black rhino Diceros bicornis michaeli in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania

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Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 319-323

  Mills, Anthony ^a,c   Morkel, Pete ^a   Amiyo, Amiyo ^b   Runyoro, Victor ^b   Borner, Markus ^a   Thirgood, Simon ^a,d  

^a Frankfurt Zoological Society Arusha   (Tanzania)

^b Ngorongoro Conservation Area Authority   (Tanzania)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Black rhino; Diceros bicornis michaeli; Intervention; Ngorongoro Crater; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; STAKEHOLDER;

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

ACACIA; ACACIA XANTHOPHLOEA; ACARI; ANIMALIA; CROCUTA CROCUTA; DICEROS BICORNIS; HYAENA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; SYNCERUS CAFFER;

EID: 33749158025     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605306000901     Document Type: Conference Paper

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