The catastrophic decline of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) in Sabah: Historic exploitation, reduced female reproductive performance and population viability
The reasons for catastrophic declines of Sumatran rhinos are far from clear and data necessary to improve decisions for conservation management are often lacking. We reviewed literature and assembled a comprehensive data set on surveys of the Sumatran rhino subspecies (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) in the Malaysian state of Sabah on Borneo to chart the historical development of the population in Sabah and its exploitation until the present day. We fitted resource selection functions to identify habitat features preferred by a remnant population of rhinos living in the Tabin Wildlife Res... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2016 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol 6, Iss C, Pp 257-275 (2016) |
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Elsevier
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Schlagwörter: | Megaherbivore / Sumatran rhino / Conservation / Extinction / Resource selection function / Population viability analyses / Ecology / QH540-549.5 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26894747 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2016.02.006 |