Parity as a major factor affecting infant mortality of highly endangered Indian rhinoceros: Evidence from zoos and Dudhwa National Park, India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 139, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 457-461

  Pluháček, Jan ^a,b   Sinha, Satya Priya ^c   Bartoš, Luděk ^a   Šípek, Petr ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL SCIENCE   (Czech Republic)

^b Ostrava Zoo   (Czech Republic)

^c WILDLIFE INSTITUTE OF INDIA   (India)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Conservation; Outbreeding; Reintroduction; Rhinoceros unicornis

Indexed keywords

BREEDING POPULATION; CAPTIVE BREEDING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GENETIC VARIATION; HERBIVORE; INFANT MORTALITY; MATING BEHAVIOR; REINTRODUCTION; UNGULATE;

ASIA; ASSAM; CHITWAN; DUDHWA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; INDIA; KAZIRANGA NATIONAL PARK; KHERI; NARAYANI; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; UTTAR PRADESH;

ANIMALIA; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; RHINOCEROTIDAE;

EID: 34548543891     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2007.06.023     Document Type: Article

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