Coexistence between people and elephants in African savannas

Conservation Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 633-639

  Hoare, Richard E ^a   Du Toit, Johan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POPULATION DECLINE; SAVANNA;

AFRICA;

EID: 0032993216     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1739.1999.98035.x     Document Type: Article

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