Habitat changes reduce the carrying capacity of Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Park, South Africa, for Critically Endangered black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis

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Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-254

  Reid, Caroline ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a   Howison, Owen ^a   Balfour, Dave ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diceros bicornis; Habitat quality; Hluhluwe Umfolozi Park; Home range; South Africa; Territoriality

Indexed keywords

CARRYING CAPACITY; ECOSYSTEM MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HOME RANGE; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION DECLINE; PROTECTED AREA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

AFRICA; HLUHLUWE-UMFOLOZI PARK; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

DICEROS BICORNIS;

EID: 34547422302     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605307001780     Document Type: Article

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