A comparison of methods used to count the elephant population of the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 140-145

  Whitehouse, A M ^a,b   Hall Martin, A J ^c   Knight, M H ^d  

^a NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b Addo Elephant National Park   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS   (South Africa)

^d SANP Scientific Services   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Addo; Elephant; Population estimate; Survey

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; POPULATION ESTIMATION; POPULATION SIZE;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 0034994276     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2028.2000.00285.x     Document Type: Article

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