Guidelines for large herbivore translocation simplified: black rhinoceros case study

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Date Issued
2011
Author
Linklater, Wayne L.
Adcock, K.
du Preez, P.
Swaisgood, Ronald R.
Law, P. R.
Knight, M. H.
Gedir, J. V.
Kerley, G. I. H.
Subject Terms
HERBIVORES
BLACK RHINOCEROSES
NATURE RESERVES
RESEARCH
REINTRODUCTION
POPULATION
TRANSLOCATION
WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
CONSERVATION
DEATH
Journal
Journal of Applied Ecology
Volume
48
Issue
2
Start page
493
End page
502

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DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01960.x
Alternative link
https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2664.2011.01960.x
Abstract
...We apply a 25‐year (1981–2005) data base including 89 reintroduction and 102 restocking events that released 682 black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis into 81 reserves to test 24 hypotheses for translocation success, defined as survival to 1 year post‐release. We made information‐theoretic comparisons of hypotheses represented as hierarchical models incorporating random effects for reserve and release cohort predictors of death....
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12634/891
Type
Article
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© 2011 The Authors. Journal of Applied Ecology © 2011 British Ecological Society
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