Structure of population, grouping patterns and density of forest elephants in north-west Congo

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 161-167

  Querouil, Sophie ^a   Magliocca, Florence ^a   Gautier Hion, Annie ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Density; Forest elephants; Group; Population structure

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; GROUP SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO;

CONGO;

LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 0033054041     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.1999.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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