Anthropogenic Influences on Conservation Values of White Rhinoceros

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Ferreira, Sam M ^a,b   Botha, Judith M ^a   Emmett, Megan C ^b  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^b Rhino Action Group Effort   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL HUNTING; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIES CONSERVATION; UNGULATE; WHITE RHINOCEROS;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BIODIVERSITY; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PERISSODACTYLA; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGONIDAE; CERATOTHERIUM SIMUM;

EID: 84866914971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0045989     Document Type: Article

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