Monitoring and management of the endangered Cape mountain zebra Equus zebra zebra in the Western Cape, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 207-213

  Smith, Rebecca K ^a,b   Marais, Andrae ^c   Chadwick, Peter ^c   Lloyd, Peter H ^c   Hill, Russell A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CAPENATURE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Action Plan; De Hoop Nature Reserve; Meta population; Population dynamics; Sex ratio; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; BIOMONITORING; ENDANGERED SPECIES; NATIONAL PARK; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; RED LIST; REPRODUCTIVE POTENTIAL; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEX RATIO; SUBPOPULATION; SURVIVAL; TRANSLOCATION; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; DE HOOP NATURE RESERVE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

ANIMALIA; EQUUS ZEBRA; EQUUS ZEBRA ZEBRA;

EID: 44849112572     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00893.x     Document Type: Article

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