Total destruction? – the saiga mortalities of Central Asia in 2015

Abstract

The saiga antelope is a ghost of the Miocene. Despite one of the highest reproductive rates of any mammal it finally succumbed to various anthropogenic pressures and was categorized as critically endangered by the IUCN in the... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Richard Kock (Department of Pathology and Pathogen Biology, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK)

Topic Area

Topics: Conservation/Sustainability

Session

MON-P2 » Plenary Session (10:30 - Monday, 1st August, Acropolis)