 | Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
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Black Rhino
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| Monitoring of Kaokoveld rhinoceros and their movements began in 1982 but has recently, in the past three years. become more intensive. All nature conservation staff and non-government fieldworkers have contributed towards the formation of identikit files on each individual rhinoceros. Day-to-da... |
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| Gavor, I.K.N. 1988 Status report: Rhinos in Botswana. Report, pp. 1-10 |
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White Rhino
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| Melton in 1982 estimated that the population size in Chobe NP and surrounding areas was around 100. The Kalahari Conservation Society in their April 1985 report based on aerial surveys of Northern Botswana put white rhino between 100 and 150. Recent 1987 survey by the Department of Wildlife and... |
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| Andau, P.M. 1987 Conservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Sabah, Malaysia. Rimba Indonesia 21 (1): 39-47, fig. 3 |
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| The method entails the involvement of as many personnel as possible in the search for footprints of rhinos within a predetermined area and in accordance with a predetermined schedule of routes and times. Personnel enter the survey area in groups of four and work from a series of work camps in su... |
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| Hall-Martin, A. 1986 Recruitment in a small black rhino population. Pachyderm 7: 6-8, figs. 1-3, tables 1-3 |
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Black Rhino
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| Because of the nature of the vegetation at Addo - which is a dense thicket of mainly evergreen and succulent shrubs and small trees (HallMartin,etal. 1982), in which visibility is limited, and access restricted to a few roads and elephant paths - it is difficult to keep records of the rhino. All ... |
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| Jachman, H. 1984 Status of the Mwabvi rhino (Diceros bicornis). Nyala 10 (2): 77-90, figs. 1-8, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Malawi, comparison of footprint and dropping census. Comments in relation to the footprint/droppings method, used during this survey, which can only be applied in areas with low rhino numbers. With higher rhino numbers, an alternative method may be applied. The procedure is as follows:
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| Stelfox, J.G.; Kufwafwa, J.W.; Ottichila, W.K. 1984 Monitoring elephant and rhino trends in Kenya. Pachyderm 4: 15 |
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| KREMu surveys - aerial. The aerial surveys were conducted along straightline transects in which the two rear-seat observers counted all animals observed within a strip of land 112 m wide on each side of the aircraft while the Cessna 185 aircraft flew at 91 m (300 ft) above ground level at a spee... |
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| Jachman, H. 1984 Status of the Mwabvi rhino (Diceros bicornis). Nyala 10 (2): 77-90, figs. 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Malawi
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Black Rhino
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| Malawi, census by using footprints. By comparing the means of the different sets of footprint measurements, in combination with differences in f, the minimum number of rhino was estimated to be 5. Rhinos 1 and 2 spent a considerable amount of time in the area around Mwabvi camp, which was samp... |
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| Jachman, H. 1984 Status of the Mwabvi rhino (Diceros bicornis). Nyala 10 (2): 77-90, figs. 1-8, table 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Malawi, census by measuring rhino droppings. Rhino tend to scatter their droppings with their hind-feet, fortunately often missing some of the boli, which can be measured for circumference. The area directly west of the camp (about 1 km) was solely used by rhinos 1 and 2, for which two ranges of... |
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| Loutit, B.D. 1984 Protecting the black rhino in Damaraland, Namibia. Pachyderm 4: 13-14, figs. 1-3, map 1 |
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Black Rhino
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| Identikit system. Rhino numbers are carefully monitored by means of an identikit system compiled by Garth Owen-Smith, Karl Peter Erb, and the staff of the Skeleton Coast Park, assisted by Elias Hambo and Bernard Roman. To date 40 rhinos have been identified, most of which have been photographed... |
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| Hofmeyr, J.M. 1984 Method of censusing and the status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Etosha National Park. South African Journal of Science 80: 187 |
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Black Rhino
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| Marking techniques of individuals. Colour-coded reflector discs 20 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm thick, were in- serted at the base of the anterior aspect of the front and the lateral sides of back horns of adult and sub-adult rhinoceroses, to facilitate the positive identification of translocated a... |
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