African bees to control African elephants

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 508-511

  Vollrath, Fritz ^a,c   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^b  

^a MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^b SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DAMAGE; ELEPHANT;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEE; BENEFICIAL INSECT; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; NONHUMAN;

AGGRESSION; ANIMALS; BEES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; KENYA;

AFRICA; ASIA;

APOIDEA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; INSECTA; LOXODONTA;

EID: 0036864867     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-002-0375-2     Document Type: Article

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