The demography and dynamics of an expanding, managed African wild dog metapopulation

African Journal of Wildlife Research

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 258-273

  Davies Mostert, Harriet T ^a,b,c   Mills, Michael G L ^a,b   Macdonald, David W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b ENDANGERED WILDLIFE TRUST   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African wild dogs; Demography; Dynamics; Lycaon pictus; Managed metapopulation; Reintroductions; Species recovery

Indexed keywords

CANID; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; GROUP SIZE; GROWTH RATE; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; METAPOPULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; REINTRODUCTION; SUBPOPULATION; WILD POPULATION;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; LYCAON PICTUS;

EID: 85020955168     PISSN: 24107220     EISSN: 24108200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3957/056.045.0258     Document Type: Article

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