Integrated and novel survey methods for rhinoceros populations confirm the extinction of Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus from Vietnam

Biological Conservation

Volumn 155, Issue , 2012, Pages 59-67

  Brook, S M ^a   van Coeverden de Groot, P ^b   Scott, C ^b   Boag, P ^b   Long, B ^c   Ley, R E ^d   Reischer, G H ^e   Williams, A C ^f   Mahood, S P ^a   Hien, Tran Minh ^a   Polet, G ^g   Cox, N ^h   Hai, Bach Thanh ⁱ  

^a WWF Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WWF US   (United States)

^d Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f WWF International   (Switzerland)

^g WWF Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^h WWF Greater Mekong Programme   (Laos)

ⁱ Cat Tien National Park   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Bacterial diversity assay; Extinction; Genetic analysis; Javan rhinoceros; Rhinoceros population monitoring; Scat detection dogs

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; GENETIC MARKER; GENOTYPE; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INVASIVE SPECIES; MONITORING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEY; UNGULATE;

CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; MAMMALIA; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS SONDAICUS;

EID: 84863754536     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2012.06.008     Document Type: Article

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