Extinction of the blue antelope hippotragus leucophaeus: Modeling predicts non-viable global population size as the primary driver

Biodiversity and Conservation

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3235-3242

  Kerley, Graham I H ^a   Sims Castley, Rebecca ^a   Boshoff, André F ^a   Cowling, Richard M ^a  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blue antelope; Cape Floristic Region; Extinction; Hunting; Metapopulation; Modeling; Stochastic effects

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; EXTINCTION; HABITAT LOSS; HUNTING; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION SIZE; RUMINANT; STOCHASTICITY;

HIPPOTRAGUS LEUCOPHAEUS;

EID: 70350383312     PISSN: 09603115     EISSN: 15729710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10531-009-9639-x     Document Type: Article

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