Asian elephants are not self-sustaining in North America

Zoo Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 299-309

  Wiese, Robert J ^a  

^a Fort Worth Zoo ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Declining population; Demography; Elephas maximus; Fecundity; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0038999977     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1098-2361(2000)19:5<299::AID-ZOO2>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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