Translocating lions into an inbred lion population in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park, South Africa

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 138-143

  Trinkel, Martina ^a,b,i   Ferguson, N ^a,c   Reid, A ^a   Reid, C ^d   Somers, M ^e   Turelli, L ^a   Graf, J ^a   Szykman, M ^f,g   Cooper, D ^d   Haverman, P ^d   Kastberger, G ^b   Packer, C ^h   Slotow, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Maple Leaf Foods   (Canada)

^d EZEMVELO KZN WILDLIFE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

ⁱ NONE   (Austria)

Author keywords

Inbreeding; Lion; Panthera leo; Population dynamics; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE MANAGEMENT; GENETIC VARIATION; INBREEDING; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL;

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

PANTHERA; PANTHERA LEO;

EID: 41549140860     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00163.x     Document Type: Article

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