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Mortality and female fecundity in an expanding black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) population

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Author	Law, Peter R Fike, Brad Lent, Peter C.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Identifying factors that affect demographic parameters and how those factors act is vital for understanding population dynamics, especially of endangered species. Moreover, specific ideas in the population dynamics of large herbivores underpin the management of the critically endangered black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis). We studied an expanding black rhinoceros population since its establishment in 1986 in the Great Fish River Reserve, South Africa, through 2008 when managed removals interrupted natural dynamics. During the study, only 13 animals died, of which nine were subadults. In a linear modelling context, we used information-theoretic methods to evaluate the influence of independent variables expected to affect demographic parameters. For females, age at first reproduction (AFR) increased with abundance, but there was no effect of abundance on adult fecundity as measured by inter-birth intervals (IBIs). We evaluated these results in the theoretical context of population dynamics of large herbivores, in particular, Eberhardt’s proposal of a specific sequence in which demographic parameters first respond to increasing density. Our observations are consistent with Eberhardt’s prediction that immature individuals are impacted before adults, but the relative timing and magnitude of density effects on immature individuals was unclear. Rainfall did not influence AFR or IBIs. Maternal age influenced IBIs but much of the observed variation in IBIs was not accounted for by structural variation. Studies of populations more nearly approaching a stable age distribution and carrying capacity are needed to resolve remaining uncertainties and ambiguities in the life history of the black rhinoceros in particular and megaherbivores in general.
Starting Page	477
Ending Page	485
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ISSN	16124642
Journal	European Journal of Wildlife Research
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	14390574
Language	English
Publisher	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publisher Date	2013-01-25
Publisher Place	Berlin, Heidelberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Black rhinoceros Demography Density dependence Life history Megaherbivores Zoology Animal Ecology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Nature and Landscape Conservation

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