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Saigas on the brink: Multidisciplinary analysis of the factors influencing mass mortality events
- View ORCID ProfileRichard A. Kock1,*,
- View ORCID ProfileMukhit Orynbayev2,
- View ORCID ProfileSarah Robinson3,
- View ORCID ProfileSteffen Zuther4,5,
- Navinder J. Singh6,
- View ORCID ProfileWendy Beauvais1,†,
- View ORCID ProfileEric R. Morgan7,
- View ORCID ProfileAslan Kerimbayev2,
- View ORCID ProfileSergei Khomenko8,
- View ORCID ProfileHenny M. Martineau1,
- View ORCID ProfileRashida Rystaeva2,
- View ORCID ProfileZamira Omarova2,
- Sara Wolfs1,
- Florent Hawotte9,
- Julien Radoux9 and
- View ORCID ProfileEleanor 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
1Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Mukhit Orynbayev
2Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sarah Robinson
3Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Steffen Zuther
4Frankfurt Zoological Society, Frankfurt, Germany.
5Association for the Conservation of Biodiversity of Kazakhstan, Astana, Kazakhstan.
Navinder J. Singh
6Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umeå, Sweden.
Wendy Beauvais
1Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Eric R. Morgan
7School of Biological Sciences, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, UK.
Aslan Kerimbayev
2Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sergei Khomenko
8Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, Italy.
Henny M. Martineau
1Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Rashida Rystaeva
2Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Zamira Omarova
2Research Institute for Biological Safety Problems, Gvardeiskiy, Kazakhstan.
Sara Wolfs
1Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Florent Hawotte
9Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Julien Radoux
9Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
Eleanor J. Milner-Gulland
3Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
