Elephants in Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa: Reconstruction of the population's history

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Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 46-55

  Whitehouse, Anna M ^a,b   Hall Martin, Anthony J ^c  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Addo Elephant National Park   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Addo Elephant National Park; Demography; Elephant; Individual recognition; Population history

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; LIFE HISTORY; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; RECRUITMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0033976818     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.2000.00093.x     Document Type: Article

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