Forest elephant (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) stature in the Réserve de Faune du Petit Loango, Gabon

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 259, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 337-344

  Morgan, Bethan J ^a   Lee, P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boli size; Foot length; Forest elephants; Gabon; Loxodonta africana cyclotis; Shoulder height

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; HEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NATURE RESERVE; SIZE;

GABON;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0037392816     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836902003291     Document Type: Article

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