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The status and management of the Mongolian gazelle Procapra gutturosa population

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Badamjavin Lhagvasuren  and
E. J. Milner-Gulland
Badamjavin Lhagvasuren
Affiliation:
Institute of General & Experimental Biology, Mongolian Academy of Sciences, Ulaanbaatar 51, Mongolia.
E. J. Milner-Gulland
Affiliation:
Ecosystems Analysis and Management Group, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK.
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Abstract

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This article presents data on the ecology, exploitation and management of the Mongolian gazelle over the last few decades. The species has suffered a massive decline in its range area, coinciding with the construction of the Ulaanbaatar—Beijing railway in the 1950s. It is heavily hunted, both legally and illegally. Threats to the species are outlined and recommendations made about the conservation measures required to secure its future.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 31 , Issue 2 , April 1997 , pp. 127 - 134
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1997

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