African elephants and humans in conflict: The outlook for co-existence

ORYX

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 34-38

  Hoare, Richard ^a  

^a NONE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

African elephants; Agriculture; Conflict; Land use

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ELEPHANT;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 0033953539     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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