How chemical signals integrate Asian elephant society: The known and the unknown

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 405-423

  Rasmussen, L E L ^a   Krishnamurthy, V ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0034553534     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:5<405::AID-ZOO10>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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