Same-site multiple releases of translocated white rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum may increase the risk of unwanted dispersal

ORYX

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 580-585

  Støen, Ole Gunnar ^a   Pitlagano, Mompoloki Lettie ^a,b   Moe, Stein R ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b Department of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Botswana)

Author keywords

Activity area; Botswana; Ceratotherium simum; Density dependence; Dispersal; Reintroduction; White rhinoceros

Indexed keywords

DENSITY DEPENDENCE; MAMMAL; NATURE RESERVE; POACHING; REINTRODUCTION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

BOTSWANA; MOREMI GAME RESERVE;

ANIMALIA; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM;

EID: 74049126519     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990202     Document Type: Conference Paper

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