Title

Sharp decline in Nepal's rhino population.

Authors

Mainali, Kumar P.

Abstract

Reports on the decline in the population of one-horned rhinoceros or Rhinoceros unicornis in Nepal as of 2005. Cause of the decline of rhinoceros in the country; Number of rhinoceroses killed by poachers since 2000; Decline in the growth rate of of the total population of rhinoceros.

Subjects

NEPAL; RHINOCEROSES; ENDANGERED species; POACHING; WILDLIFE conservation

Publication

Frontiers in Ecology & the Environment, 2005, Vol 3, Issue 5, p239

ISSN

1540-9295

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.2307/3868480