Demography of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India

Zoo Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 263-272

  Sukumar, R ^a   Krishnamurthy, V ^a   Wemmer, Chris ^b   Rodden, Melissa ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asian elephants; Captive elephants; Demography; Reproduction; Southern India

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ASIAN ELEPHANT; CAPTIVE ELEPHANT; DEMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCTION;

INDIA, (SOUTH);

EID: 0031416056     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2361(1997)16:3<263::aid-zoo6>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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