A new policy for the management of the Kruger National Park's elephant population

Koedoe

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 111-132

  White, I J ^a,b   Biggs, H C ^a   Gaylard, A ^a   Braack, L E O ^a  

^a KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Biodiversity; Culling; Elephant management; Elephants; Heterogeneity; Kruger National Park

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ELEPHANT; HABITAT MANAGEMENT; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032721230     PISSN: 00756458     EISSN: 20710771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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