Lessons learned from the loss of a flagship: The extinction of the Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus from Vietnam

Biological Conservation

Volumn 174, Issue , 2014, Pages 21-29

  Brook, Sarah Maria ^a   Dudley, Nigel ^b,c   Mahood, Simon Peter ^a   Polet, Gert ^a   Williams, A Christy ^a   Duckworth, J W ^d   Van Ngoc, Thinh ^a   Long, Barney ^a  

^a WWF Vietnam D13 Thang Long International Village ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c EQUILIBRIUM RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d WCS Cambodia ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Extinction; Flagship species; Lesser one horned rhinoceros; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION STATUS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; EXTINCTION; HUNTING; POACHING; POPULATION DECLINE; SUBSPECIES; UNGULATE;

VIET NAM;

EID: 84911433862     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2014.03.014     Document Type: Review

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