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RHINO RESOURCE CENTER
www.rhinoresourcecenter.com
NEWSLETTER #14
FEBRUARY 2009
Dear colleagues and friends,
This is the 14th issue of the quarterly e-newsletter of the Rhino Resource Centre (RRC).
Edited by Dr Kees Rookmaaker.
You can find the newsletter in PDF format HERE
- Visit the website of the Rhino Resource Center for all information on the five species of rhinoceros:
- There are details of 12,601 references to publications on all rhinos
- Text of 3885 items as PDF, and many others in full text
- Browse publications by subject, or search for words in the text
- A large photo gallery showing illustrations in old books, individual rhinos in zoos around the world, and a new section of rhinos in modern art.
- Links to other website with rhino information.
- General information of all species of rhino, including a comprehensive list of both scientific and vernacular names.
- A message board for queries and comments.
Remember that all books and articles are physically present in the collection of the RRC and have been carefully verified and catalogued.
FORTHCOMING MEETINGS
The annual Rhino May Day is scheduled to take place on Wednesday 29 April 2009. The venue is again the lecture hall at the Zoological Society of London. There is a great list of speakers and it promises again to be a day full of information about rhino conservation, with a chance to meet hundreds of others interested in these animals. There is more information on the SRI website.
The International Rhino Keeper Association has scheduled its new workshop for May 17th - 21st, 2009 at Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida. There will be many interesting presentations and workshops geared to active participation of all delegates. More information is found on their website.
RHINO RESOURCE CENTER
FACILITATING COMMUNICATION ACROSS DISCIPLINES AND CONTINENTS
NEW LITERATURE
In the past quarter (November 2008 to January 2009), we have added 70 new references. This brings the total number of items in the database to 12.601.
Below I have listed new entries published since 2000 in four catagories: General, African rhinos, Asian rhinos and Fossil species. If you are interested in one of these titles, always check the RRC website first.
I am grateful to all publishers and authors who have alerted me to new publications or send me their articles or dissertations. All contributors are acknowledged - click here.
Visit: www.rhinoresourcecenter.com
GENERAL AND HISTORICAL
Anonymous, 2008. USA: Horn shavings sold in Portland. Traffic Bulletin 21 (3): 122
Anonymous, 2008. Taiwan: tourist found in possession of rhino horn. Traffic Bulletin 21 (3): 118
China Guardian Auctions, 2007. Exquisite works of rhinoceros horn (lots 2231-2257). catalogue of an auction held on November 5, 2007 in Beijing. Beijing, China Guardian, [unpag]
Christie's, 2008. Important Chinese rhinoceros horn carvings from the Songzhutang Collection. Catalogue of auction 2620 held on 27 May 2008 in Hong Kong. Hong Kong, Christie's, pp. 1-172
Gray, J., 2008. The 14th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to CITES. Traffic Bulletin 21 (3): 101-114
Gugong Museum, 2007. Juanxian Dajia Ye Yi (Dr. Ip Yee's Donation of rhinoceros horn carvings to the Gugong Museum). Beijing, Gugong Museum, pp. 1-170
International Rhino Keeper Association, 2008. Various notes. The Crash 2 (5), December 2008: 1-8
Martin, E.B.; Vigne, L., 2008. Cutting edge findings on a traditional knife. Swara 31 (3): 20, fig. 1
Probst, C.; Matschei, 2008. Mixed-species exhibits with mammals in Central European zoos. International Zoo News 55 (6): 324-347, figs. 1-6
Steele, V,A., 2008. Visits Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens. The Crash 2 (5), December 2008: 2-5
Talukdar, B.K., 2008. A tribute to Nico van Strien (1 April 1946 - 7 February 2008). Pachyderm 44: 104-105, fig.1
Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B., 2008. Yemen’s attitudes towards rhino horn and jambiyas. Pachyderm 44: 45-53, figs. 1-6, tabs. 1-3
AFRICAN RHINOS
African Parks Foundation, 2008. Garamba National Park - Monthly report - September 2008. Report APF: pp. 1-3
African Parks Foundation, 2008. Garamba National Park - Monthly report - October 2008. Report APF: pp. 1-3
African Parks Foundation, 2008. Garamba National Park - Monthly report - November 2008. Report APF: pp. 1-3
African Rhino Specialist Group, 2008. Positive news for Africa's rhinos. Species 49: 31-32
Arsenault, R.; Owen-Smith, N., 2008. Resource partitioning by grass height among grazing ungulates does not follow body size relation. Oikos 117: 1711-1717
Aznarez, M., 2008. Tras el ultimo rinoceronte blanco. El Pais Semanal, August 2008: 37-45
Brooks, M., 2008. Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Afrique. Pachyderm 44: 10-13
Brooks, M., 2008. African Rhino Specialist Group report. Pachyderm 44: 10-13
Dunn, J.M.; Hearne, J.W.; MacArthur, L., 2007. A simple individual based model of black rhinoceros in Africa. Proceedings of the International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, MODSIM 07, Christchurch, New Zealand, 10-13 December 2007: 2196-2202, figs. 1-3, tabs. 1-5
Emslie, R.H., 2008. Rhino population sizes and trends. Pachyderm 44: 88-95, tabs.1-4
Gandolf, A.R. et al., 2006. Serial chemical restraint for treatment of decubitus ulcers in two neonatal white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 37 (3): 387-392
Gripper, J., 2008. [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2008 Autumn: 1-12
Hermes, R. et al., 2009. First successful artificial insemination with frozen-thawed semen in rhinoceros. Theriogenology 71 (2): 393-399
Jago, M.; Morkel, P.v.d.B.; DuPreez, P.; Gleed, R.D.; Flaminio, M.J.B.F.; Nydam, D.V.; Taft, A.A.; Lain, D.; Radcliffe, R.W., 2009. Postural changes and end-tidal carbon dioxide in the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) and its importance to field anesthesia. Poster presentation of 2009.
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, 2001. [Notes]. Newsletter Lewa Wildlife Conservancy no. 11: 1-6
Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, 2008. [Notes]. Newsletter Lewa Wildlife Conservancy no. 26: 1-16
Martin, E.B., 2008. Review of L.C. Rookmaaker, Encounters with the African rhinoceros. Pachyderm 44: 102-103
Michler, I., 2008. The tip of the horn. Africa Geographic, September 2008: 31-34
Okita-Ouma, B.; Mijele, D.; Amin, R.; Gakuya, F.; Ndeereh, D.; Lekolool, I.; Omondi, P.; Woodley, D.; Litoroh, M.; Bakan, J.; Kock, R., 2008. Minimizing competition by removing elephants from a degraded Ngulia rhino sanctuary, Kenya. Pachyderm 44: 80-87, figs. 1-8, tabs. 1-3
Patton, F.; Jones, M., 2008. Errors that occur when using photo-identification to identify individual black rhinos. Pachyderm 44: 35-44, figs. 1-5, tabs. 1-9
Patton, F.; Campbell, P.; Parfet, E., 2008. Biological management of the high density black rhino population in Solio Game Reserve, central Kenya. Pachyderm 44: 72-79, tabs. 1-5
Rhino Ark, 2008. Various notes. Arkive, the newsletter of the Rhino Ark no. 33: 1-28
Steyn, A.J., 2008. The rhino wars. Farmer's Weekly, 5 December 2008: 94-95
Wadge, M.J.H., 2007. A vulnerability analysis of Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park for the period 1980 to 2000. Research report submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, for the degree of Master of Science, pp. 1-159
Waldram, M, 2005. The ecological effects of grazing by the white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) at a landscape scale. Thesis (M.Sc.) submitted to the Botany Department, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, pp. 1-112
NOW AVAILABLE
Rookmaaker’s book on Encounters with the African Rhinoceros
All sightings of rhinos in southern Africa 1790-1875 analysed and illustrated.
More information is found on our website.
ASIAN RHINOS
Acharya, D., 2008. Tiger killed a rhino calf. Conservation Watch - Nepal 1 (18): 4
Bush, E., 2008. Review of Holmes, My travels with Clara. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 61 (5): 212-213
Central Zoo Authority, 2008. Working group session: Indian one-horned rhinoceros. Proceedings of International Conference on "India's Conservation Breeding Initiative" 21-24 February 2008, New Delhi (India), p. 425
Stevenson, D., 2007. Review of Carson, Emi and the rhino scientist. Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books 61 (3): 134
Talukdar, B.K., 2008. Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Asie. Pachyderm 44: 14-16
Talukdar, B.K., 2008. Asian Rhino Specialist Group report. Pachyderm 44: 14-16
Wolf, T.M. et al., 2008. Serologic response to West Nile virus vaccination in the greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis). Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine 39 (4): 537-541
FOSSIL RHINOS
Bacon, A.M.; Demeter, F.; Schuster, M.; Vu The Long; Nguyen Kim Rhuy; Antoine, P.O.; Sevket Sen; Ha Huu Nga; Nguyen Mai Huong, 2004. The Pleistocene Ma U'Oi cave, northern Vietnam: palaeontology, sedimentology and palaeoenvironments. Geobios 37: 305-314
Bekken, D., 2004. Taxonomic abundance at Panxian Dadong, a middle pleistocene cave in South China. Asian Perspectives 43 (2): 333-359
Deng, T., 2008. A new elasmothere (Perissodactyla, Rhinocerotidae) from the late Miocene of the Linxia Basin in Gansu, China. Geobios 41: 719-728
Zin Maung Maung Thein; Takai, Masanura; Tsubamoto, Takehisa; Thaung Htike; Egi, Naoko; Maung Maung, 2008. A new species of Dicerorhinus (Rhinocerotidae) from the plio-pleistocene of Myanmar. Palaeontology 51 (6): 1419-1433, figs. 1-9, tabs. 1-4
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