Conservation genetics of the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis bicornis, in Namibia

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 783-792

  van Coeverden de Groot, Peter J ^a   Putnam, Andrea S ^b   Erb, Peter ^c   Scott, Candace ^a   Melnick, Don ^d   O'Ryan, Colleen ^e   Boag, Peter T ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

^c Ministry of Environment and Tourism   (Namibia)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Conservation genetics; Diceros bicornis; Microsatellite; Spatial autocorrelation

Indexed keywords

AUTOCORRELATION; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPERSAL; EXTINCTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETIC VARIATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; NATIONAL PARK; PHILOPATRY; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION GROWTH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SUBSPECIES; UNGULATE;

ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK; NAMIBIA; OTJOZONDJUPA; WATERBERG PLATEAU PARK;

DICEROS BICORNIS; RHINOCEROS;

EID: 79955791154     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-011-0185-1     Document Type: Article

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