Dissimilar home range estimates for black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis cannot be used to infer habitat change

ORYX

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-18

  Linklater, Wayne L ^a,b,c   Plotz, Roan D ^a,b   Kerley, Graham I H ^b   Brashares, Justin S ^c   Lent, Peter C ^d   Cameron, Elissa Z ^e   Law, Peter R ^f   Hitchins, Peter M ^g  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f Modelling   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DICEROS BICORNIS;

EID: 77952487395     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605309990986     Document Type: Letter

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