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Here is the quarterly newsletter of the Rhino Resource Center, no. 17, dated 1 November 2009. Edited by Kees Rookmaaker.
RHINO RESOURCE CENTER
www.rhinoresourcecenter.com
NEWSLETTER #17
NOVEMBER 2009
Dear colleagues and friends,
This is the 17th issue of the quarterly e-newsletter of the RRC – the Rhino Resource Center. Edited by Dr Kees Rookmaaker.
This quarter, there are 160 new references to literature about rhinos in Africa, in Asia and in captivity. There are now 5431 PDFs of these papers on the website, which shows an increase of over 1100 in these three months.
There is a report of the proceedings of the last conference of the IUCN-SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group, with discussions of the latest plans to protect the Javan Rhinoceros in Ujung Kulon and in Vietnam.
There are five new dissertations or theses by young zoologists who have chosen the rhino as the subject of their investigations.
The website of the RRC changes daily, with new items being listed as they come in. Many are now sent to me by authors or publishers, because they realize that the RRC is the best method to provide information on rhinos to a wide audience. The RRC receives an average of 250 visits every day, with thousands of pages being read. It is good to know that over seven thousand people look at the site every month.
There are over two thousand pictures visible on the website, showing rhinos in the wild, rhinos in book illustrations, rhinos in zoos and circuses, and rhinos in modern art. We aim to have a picture of every rhino shown in a zoo, and we surely can still use assistance to compile this virtual studbook.
Contributors are always acknowledged.
The work of the Rhino Resource Center
is supported by
International Rhino Foundation
and SOS Rhino
All species of rhinos are threatened with extinction in the wild. Some populations are effectively guarded thanks to the efforts of enthusiastic and dedicated people. There is a constant and a real threat of poaching. The Northern White Rhino of Central Africa is likely to be wiped out in the wild, and thanks to the long-term efforts of zoo directors and keepers, the only ones left are now living in zoos. There is a minimal chance to save the species. Let us not waste our last chance.
Visit: www.rhinoresourcecenter.com
Rhinos need protection in the wild and rhinos need to be studied in all situations to increase our knowledge about their ecology, behaviour and status. Research is important to ensure the long-term survival of the species in Africa and Asia.
Field work and surveillance is essential. The field managers need information on best practices, methods and past experiences. Often such data are available, but difficult to access, except through the Rhino Resource Center.
Research is essential. Students and staff need information about past work, the best approach, the most significant questions to be answered in their particular expertise. They can spend months in a library gathering elusive papers and books, or simply log on the Rhino Resource Center for immediate results anywhere in the world.
The Rhino Resource Center is a charity.
We do not actively raise funds due to the nature of our work,
but need your assistance to provide our service to all rhino lovers worldwide.
Join us. Your support will be acknowledged
in our publications and on our website
Visit the website of the Rhino Resource Center for everything about the five species of rhinoceros in Africa, Asia and around the world.
Ø There are details of 13,137 references to publications on rhinos
Ø Text of 5431 items as PDF, and many others in full text
Ø Browse publications by subject, or search for words in the text
Ø A large photo gallery showing illustrations in old books, individual rhinos in zoos around the world, and a new section of rhinos in modern art.
Ø Links to other website with rhino information.
Ø General information of all species of rhino, including a comprehensive list of both scientific and vernacular names.
Ø A message board for queries and comments.
RHINO RESOURCE CENTER
FACILITATING COMMUNICATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND CONTINENTS
MEETINGS
The annual Rhino Mayday is taking place on Wednesday 5 May 2010 at the Huxley Conference Theatre at London Zoo in Regent's Park. A definite date for your diary.
NEW LITERATURE
(finalised 30 October 2009)
In the past quarter (August to October 2009), we have added 160 new references, to bring the total number of items in the database to 13,137. Of these, 41 percent are available as PDF, and many are searchable in the notes.
Below I have listed new entries published in the 21st century (and a few special older ones) in five categories: Books, General, African rhinos, Asian rhinos and Fossil species. If you are interested in one of these titles, always check the RRC website first if it may be available there.
BOOKS AND THESES
Boer, F. de; IJdema, H., 2007. Competition between black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and greater kudu (Tragelaphus strepsiceros) in the Great Fish River Reserve, South Africa. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Wageningen: pp. 1-57
Gurung, M.K., 2004. Human dimensions in one-horned rhinoceros conservation in Royal Chitwan National Park Nepal. Thesis submitted to Uni Boku Vienna, pp. 1-133
Hagenah, N., 2006. Among rodents and rhinos: interplay between small mammals and large herbivores in a South African savanna. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Wageningen: pp. 1-146
Merm, R.H. van, 2008. Ecological and social aspects of reintroducing megafauna: A case study on the suitability of the Honje Mountains as a release site for Javan rhinoceros Rhinoceros sondaicus. Thesis Intern. MSc Programme Nature Conservation and Biodiversity Management, Saxion Universities of Applied Sciences Deventer and Greenwich: pp. 1-106
Talukdar, B.K.; Crosbie, K.; Ellis, S.; Ramono, W.S.; Williams, A.C.; Sectionov, 2009. Report on the meeting for conservation of Sumatran and Javan rhino in South East Asia, Bogor, March 2009. Guwahati, Asian Rhino Specialist Group: pp. 1-38
Winkel, F., 2004. Diet choice of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Double Drift Game Reserve, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. M.Sc. Thesis, University of Wageningen: pp. 1-36
GENERAL AND HISTORICAL
Caine, J.; Cobb, M.; Fidgett, A.; Plowman, A., 2006. The Role of dietary Essential Fatty Acids (EFA) in the Muco-Cutaneous Ulcer Syndrome. EEP Research Committee Newsletter 10: 62
Hermes, R.; Goeritz, F.; Portas, T.J.; Bryant, B.R.; Kelly, J.M.; Maclellan, L.J.; Keeley, T.; Schwarzenberger, F.; Walzer, C.; Schnorrenberg, A.; Spindler, R.E., Saragusty, J., Kaandorp, S., Hildebrandt, T.B., 2009. Ovarian superstimulation, transrectal ultrasound-guided oocyte recovery, and IVF in rhinoceros. Theriogenology 72 (7): 958-968
International Rhino Keeper Association, 2009. Various notes. The Crash, August 2009: 1-7
Leuschner, U.; Bohnengel, J.; Hoffmann, Y.; Krebs, A., 2007. Johann Heinrich Merck: Briefwechsel. Gottingen, Wallstein Verlag, vol. 3-4
MacNickle, P., 2009. Facility focus: The Phoenix Zoo– The evolution of a rhino exhibit. The Crash, August 2009: 3-5
Rookmaaker, L.C., 2009. Guest editorial: For the love of rhinos .... International Zoo News 55 (4): 194-195
Seung Ki Lee; Young Eun Kim, 1974. Studies on the compositions of hard tissue proteins extracted from bovine horn, water buffalo horn and rhinoceros horn. Korean Biochemical Journal 7 (2): 125-142
Steinetz, B.G.; Brown, J.L.; Roth, T.L.; Czekala, N., 2005. Relaxin concentrations in serum and urine of endangered species: Correlations with physiologice events and use as a marker of pregnancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1041: 367-378.
AFRICAN RHINOS
Abensperg-Traun, M., 2009. CITES, sustainable use of wild species and incentive-driven conservation in developing countries, with an emphasis on southern Africa. Biological conservation 142 (5): 948-963
Anderson-Lederer, R.M.; Ritchie, P.; Linklater, W.L., 2009. The genetic rescue of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis): redressing translocation bias for longer-term meta-population management. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin: p. 19
Animal Rights Africa, 2009. Under siege: rhinoceroses in South Africa. Special Report, 31 August 2009, pp. 1-28
Anonymous, 2002. Rare white rhino born in Victoria. Australian Veterinary Journal 80 (10): 590
Anonymous, 2009. First baby rhino at Madrid Zoo. EAZA News no. 66: 5, figs. 1-2
Behr, B.; Rath, D.; Mueller, P.; Hildebrandt, T.B.; Goeritz, F.; Braun, B.C.; Laehy, T.; Graaf, S.P. de; Maxwell, W.M.C.; Hermes, R., 2009. Feasibility of sex-sorting sperm from the white and the black rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis). Theriogenology 72 (3): 353-364
Berton, I., 2006. The behaviour of white rhino at Reserve de Sigean. EEP Research Committee Newsletter 10: 117-118
Braude, S.; Templeton, A.R., 2009. Understanding the multiple meanings of 'inbreeding' and 'effective size' for genetic management of African rhinoceros populations. African Journal of Ecology - early view
Cinkova, I.., 2008. Investigation on the social, reproductive and playful behaviour of captive white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). EEP Research Committee Newsletter 11: 123-124
Cinkova, I.; Ganslosser, U.; Kretzschmar, P., 2009. Social behaviour of southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) in game reserves in South Africa. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin: p. 47
Cosens, L.; Crowley, M.; Johnson, R.; Wulff, M., 2009. The oldest of the old. Animal Keeper’s Forum 36 (4/5): 150-155
David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, 2002-2008. Notes on elephants and rhinos. Newsletter 2002-2008.
Frackowiak, H., 2008. Arteries of the head of the white rhinocerous (Ceratotherium simum, Burchel, 1817). EEP Research Committee Newsletter 11: 88
Frackowiak, H., 2007. Arteries of the head of the representative Rhinocerotidae. Folia morphologica 66 (3): 218
Ganslosser, U.; Kretzschmar, P.; Versteege, L., 2009. From EEP to high-end research and back: the example of the southern white rhino. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin: p. 78
Hartstone, L., 2009. Trying to save the rhino in the classroom. Swara 32 (3): 48-49, figs.1-3
Imperato, P.J., 2006. Lake Rudolf as an iconic geographic space in East Africa. Ethnohistory 53 (1), 13-33
Kluge, D.; Kretzschmar, P.; Ganslosser, U., 2009. Olfactory communication in southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) - observations and trials on free ranging rhinos at the Game Breeding Centre in Lichtenburg, South Africa. Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin: p. 112
Linklater, W.L.; MacDonald, E.A.; Flamand, J.R.B.; Czekala, N.M., 2009. Declining and low fecal corticoids are associated with distress, not acclimation to stress, during the translocation of African rhinoceros. Animal Conservation - early view
Luske, B.L.; Mertens, T.; Lent, P.C.; Boer, W.F. de; Prins, H.H.T., 2009. Impact of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) on a local population of Euphorbia bothae in the Great Fish River Reserve, South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 47 (4): 1-9 (preview)
Milnes, E., 2009. Assessing the ethical and welfare implications of game capture in Namibia. Report to BVA, pp. 1-12
Njoroge, P.; Yego, R.; Muchane, M.; Githira, M., 2009. A survey of the large and medium sized mammals of Arawale National Reserve, Kenya. Journal of East African Natural History 98 (1): 119-128
Parker, D.M.; Bernard, R.T.F.; Fike, B., 2009. Consumption of grass by black rhinoceroses in the Thicket Biome. African Journal of Ecology 47 (3): 454-456
Stoen, O.G.; Pitlagano, M.L.; Moe, S.R., 2009. Same-site multiple releases of translocated white rhinoceroses Ceratotherium simum may increase the risk of unwanted dispersal. Oryx 43 (4): 580-585
Tonge, S.; EAZA, 2009. EAZA Statement in response to the proposed translocation of Northern White rhino. Press Release, pp. 1-2
Torchio, P., 2009. Don't just click - compose. Swara 32 (3): 55, figs. 1-2
Traffic, 2009. Seizures and prosecutions: South Africa, Zambia. Traffic Bulletin 22 (2): 35-36
Werner, N.Y.; Henson, L.; Cuneah, O.; Shore, L.S., 2008. Affect of sleeping arrangements on male white rhino behavior and hormone levels at the Tisch family zoological gardens in Jerusalem (the Jerusalem zoo). EEP Research Committee Newsletter 11: 123
Wheeler, S., 2009. Back to the bush: relaunching wildlife conservation in southern Sudan. Swara 32 (3): 22-25, figs. 1-5
NOW AVAILABLE
Rookmaaker’s book on Encounters with the African Rhinoceros
All sightings of rhinos in southern Africa 1790-1875 analysed and illustrated.
More information is found on our website.
ASIAN RHINOS
Barman, R.; Choudhury, B.; Talukdar, A.; Ashraf, N.V.K.; Menon, V., 2009. Return of the greater one-horned rhinoceros to Manas National Park. Oryx 43 (3): 325
Bezbarua, P.; Hazarika, B., 2007. One horned rhinoceros conservation in Manas Tiger Reserve. Progress report 2007. Guwahati, Grasshopper, pp. 1-18
Bhattacharyya, M.; Baishya, G.; Chakraborty, A.; Baruah, G.K., 1987. Gross anatomy of the heart of the Indian One Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). Journal of Zoo Animal Medicine 18 (2/3): 105-108
Cheung, J., 1995. Implementation and enforcement of CITES: an assessment of tiger and rhinoceros conservation policy in Asia. Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal 5 (1): 125-159
Dietz, B.; Nutz, T., 2005. Collections curieuses: the aesthetics of curiosity and elite lifestyle in eighteenth-century Paris. Eighteenth Century Life 29 (3): 44-75
Hariyadi, A.R.; Santoso, A.; Setiawan, R.; Priambudi, A., 2009. Automatic camera survey for monitoring reproductive pattern and behavior of Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus) in Ujung Kulon National Park, Indonesia. Proceedings of Asian Zoo and Wildlife Medicine Convention, Bogor Indonesia August 19th-22 2008, pp. 1-2
Kafley, H., 2008. Habitat evaluation and suitability modelling of Rhinoceros unicornis in Chitwan National Park, Nepal: a geospatial approach. Project Report to Alcoa Foundation, pp. 1-62
Konwar, P.; Saikia, M.K.; Saikia, P.K., 2009. Abundance of food plant species and food habits of Rhinoceros unicornis Linn. In Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 1 (9): 457-460
Martin, E.B.; Talukdar, B.K.; Vigne, L., 2009. Surge in rhino poaching stirs conservationists into action. Oryx 43 (3): 324-325
Massaro, C., 2009. Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo: The birth of a Greater One Horned Rhino. The Crash, August 2009: 2
Panda, S.K.; Nath, I.; Roy, P.K.; Mishra, A.K.; Pattanaik, A.L., 2009. Uterine adenocarcinoma in an Indian one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). Zoos' Print, Coimbatore 24 (7): 17-19, figs. 1-6
Poudyal, M.; Rothley, K.; Knowler, D., 2009. Ecological and economic analysis of poaching of the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in Nepal. Ecological Applications 19 (7): 1693-1707
Tong, Haowen; Guerin, C., 2009. Early Pleistocene Dicerorhinus sumatrensis remains from the Liucheng Gigantopithecus Cave, Guangxi, China. Geobios 42 (4): 525-539, figs. 1-11, tabs. 1-5
Yamamoto; Takeda, 2008. Behaviour of Indian Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis) in captivity according to relationships with their keepers [in Japanese]. Animal behaviour and management: official journal of Japanese Society of Livestock Management and Japanese Society for Applied Animal Behaviour 44 (1): 62-63.
FOSSIL RHINOS
Buergin, T.; Becker, D.; Oberli, U., 2008. Ein fossiles Nashorn von Eschenbach (Kanton St.Gallen) [Diaceratherium lemanense]. Berichte der St.Gallischen Naturwissenschaftlichen Gesellschaft 91: 123-134, figs. 1-17
Fortelius, M., 1983. The morphology and paleobiological significance of the horns of Coelodonta antiquitatis (Mammalia: Rhinocerotidae). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 3 (2): 125-135
Kotarba, M.J.; Dzieniewicz, M.; Moscicki, W.J.; SEchman, H., 2008. Unique Quaternary environment for discoveries of woolly rhinoceroses in Starunia, fore-Carpathian region, Ukraine: Geochemical and geoelectric studies. Geology 36 (7): 567-570
Zin Maung Maung Thein; Taru, Hajime; Takai, Masanura; Fukuchi, Akira, 2009. A rhinocerotid (Mammalia, Perissodactyla) from the late Miocene Oiso Formation, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan. Paleontological Research 13 (2): 207-210
Zin Maung Maung Thein; Takai, Masanura; Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Egi, Naoko; Thaung-Htike; Nishimura, Takeshi; Maung-Maung; Zaw-Win, 2010. A review of fossil rhinoceroses from the Neogene of Myanmar with description of new specimens from the Irrawaddy Sediments. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 37 (2): 154-165.
Many thanks to all authors and publishers who have sent us recent publications on the rhinoceros. Your contribution is most welcome and appreciated.
Contact us:
Rhino Resource Center
Dr Kees Rookmaaker
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Kees Rookmaaker is a member of the IUCN-SSC Asian Rhino Specialist Group and advisor to the EAZA Rhino TAG.
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