Research ArticleENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
Saigas on the brink: Multidisciplinary analysis of the factors influencing mass mortality events
- Richard A. Kock1,*,
- Mukhit Orynbayev2,
- Sarah Robinson3,
- Steffen Zuther4,5,
- Navinder J. Singh6,
- Wendy Beauvais1,†,
- Eric R. Morgan7,
- Aslan Kerimbayev2,
- Sergei Khomenko8,
- Henny M. Martineau1,
- Rashida Rystaeva2,
- Zamira Omarova2,
- Sara Wolfs1,
- Florent Hawotte9,
- Julien Radoux9 and
- Eleanor J. Milner-Gulland3
- 1Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
- 2Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
- 3Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
- 4Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany.
- 5Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.
- 6Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
- 7School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
- 8Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
- 9Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: rkock{at}rvc.ac.uk
↵† Present address: Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
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Science Advances 17 Jan 2018:
Vol. 4, no. 1, eaao2314
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao2314
Vol. 4, no. 1, eaao2314
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.aao2314
Richard A. Kock
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Mukhit Orynbayev
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sarah Robinson
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Steffen Zuther
Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany.Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Navinder J. Singh
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
Wendy Beauvais
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Eric R. Morgan
School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Aslan Kerimbayev
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sergei Khomenko
Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
Henny M. Martineau
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Rashida Rystaeva
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Zamira Omarova
Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sara Wolfs
Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Florent Hawotte
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Julien Radoux
Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Eleanor J. Milner-Gulland
Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
