Addax  (Addax nasomaculatus)

Species information

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Authentication

Authenticated (18/05/2006) by John Newby, Director of the Sahara Conservation Fund (SCF).
http://www.saharaconservation.org

Glossary

  • Desertification: a process of sustained decline of the biological productivity of arid and semiarid land; the end-result is desert, or skeletal soil that is irrecoverable.
  • Territories: areas occupied and defended by an animal, a pair of animals or a colony.

References

  1. IUCN Red List (March, 2008)
    http://www.iucnredlist.org
  2. Ultimate Ungulate (July, 2002)
    http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Artiodactyla/Addax_nasomaculatus.html
  3. CITES (March, 2008)
    http://www.cites.org
  4. Global Register of Migratory Species (March, 2008)
    http://www.groms.de
  5. Animal Diversity Web (July, 2002)
    http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/addax/a._nasomaculatus$narrative.html
  6. Burnie, D. (2001) Animals.Dorling Kindersley, London.
  7. Alden, P.C. (1996) Field Guide to African Wildlife.HarperCollins Publishers, London.
  8. Animal Info (July, 2002)
    http://www.animalinfo.org/species/artiperi/addanaso.htm
  9. UNEP-WCMC database (July, 2002)
    http://quin.unep-wcmc.org
  10. Newby, J.E. (2006) Pers. comm.
  11. Hai-Bar (Wildlife Preserve) Nature Reserve (August, 2002)
    http://www.parks.org.il/ParksENG/company_card.php3?NewNameMade=48&from=116&CNumber=422155
  12. Tal, A. (2002) Pollution in a Promised Land: an Environmental History of Israel.University of California Press, USA.
  13. Spevak, E., Gilbert, T., Engel, H., Correll, T. and Houston, B. (2006) Returning the addax and the oryx to Tunisia. Communiqué, American Zoo and Aquarium Association, 2006: 13 - 14.
  14. Woodfine, T., Gilbert, T. and Engel, H. (2004) A summary of past and present initiatives for the conservation and reintroduction of addax and scimitar-horned oryx in North Africa.Proceedings of the EAZA 2004 Conference, Kolmarden. EAZA Executive Office, Amsterdam.
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