The Return of the Unicorns: Natural History and Conservation of the Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros

Foreword by George B. SchallerPart I: Vanishing Mammals, Vanishing Landscapes 1. Vanishing Mammals: The Rise and Fall of the Rhinoceroses2. Culture, Conservation, and the Demand for Rhinoceros Horn3. Vanishing Landscapes: The Flood Plain Ecosystem of ChitwanPart II: Biology of an Endangered Megaherbivore 4. Size and Sexual Dimorphism in Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros5. The Biology of an Extinction-Prone Species: Facing Demographic, Genetic, and Environmental Threats6. Life on the Flood Plain: Spacing and Ranging Behavior, Feeding Ecology, and Activity Patterns7. Male Dominance, Reproductive Success, and the "Incisor Size Hypothesis"8. Endangered Phenomena: Rhinoceros as Landscape ArchitectsPart III: The Recovery of Endangered Large Mammal Populations and their Habitats in Asia 9. Does Privately-Owned Ecotourism Support Conservation of Charismatic Megafauna?10. Making Room for Megafauna: Promoting Local Guardianship of Endangered Species and Landscape-scale Conservation11. The Recovery of Rhinoceros and Other Asian Megafauna ConclusionAppendix A: MethodsAppendix B: Measurements and other Physical Features of greater one-horned rhinoceros captured in Royal Chitwan National Park, NepalAppendix C: Demographic and Genetic DataAppendix D: Profile of Rhinoceros BehaviorAppendix E: Profile of Rhinoceros BehaviorAppendix F: Reproductive Histories of Adult female Rhinoceros

Dinerstein provides a glimmer of hope... with his success story of the conservation of the Indian or greater one-horned rhinoceros... [He] discusses the implications of this success story for conservation efforts elsewhere, and clearly rejects attempts to capture rare animals and maintain their populations by captive breeding. -- Donald R. Prothero Quarterly Review of Biology This book offers much to anyone interested in practical, how-to conservation, far-away landscapes, large and exotic-sounding mammals, biodiversity, planning,and tropical ecology... a beautifully candid account... this is the book that conservation pragmatists and cynics should read to discover why optimism about the conservation of large mammals in human-dominated landscapes is not misplaced. -- Joel Berger Conservation Biology an excellent overview of many aspects of the biology and conservation of greater one-horned rhinos in Nepal. -- Samuel Zschokke Basic and Applied Ecology the book is a landmark contribution on the ecology and conservation of large mammals. -- Mark S. Boyce Ecology

Eric Dinerstein is Chief Scientist of the Conservation Science Program World Wildlife Fund U.S. based in Washington, DC. He is a respected research scientist and author of numerous journal articles.