Connectivity and bottlenecks in a migratory wildebeest Connochaetes taurinus population

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Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 613-621

  Morrison, Thomas A ^a   Bolger, Douglas T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Barriers; connectivity; Connochaetes taurinus; Lake Natron; migration; Tarangire; ungulate; wildebeest

Indexed keywords

GPS; MIGRATION; MIGRATORY BEHAVIOR; MOVEMENT; NATIVE SPECIES; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION BOTTLENECK; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; UNGULATE; CONNECTIVITY; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; HUNTING; IDENTIFICATION KEY; MAMMAL; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; LAKE NATRON; MANYARA; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK; LAKE MANYARA NATIONAL PARK;

CONNOCHAETES TAURINUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 84926287526     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605313000537     Document Type: Article

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