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Title: |
Is rhino dehorning scientifically prudent? |
Author(s): |
Berger, J.; Cunningham, C. |
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1996 |
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Pachyderm |
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21 |
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60-68, fig. 1, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Management
Black Rhino
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Reply to Lindeque & Erb (1995). We contrasted calf survivorship of horned and dehorned black rhino (Diceros bicornis) females in the Namib Desert and have reported elsewhere that calf mortality was higher in a dehorned population sympatric with spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) than it was in ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Ecology - Interspecific Relations
Black Rhino
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Reply to Lindeque & Erb (1995)
Previously, we suggested that when dehorned mothers were sympatric with spotted hyaenas (Crocuta crocuta) in the Namib Desert, fewer calves were recruited than in the absence of hyaenas. We also pointed out that drought was likely to have exacerbated these effects... |
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