Activity time budget of asian elephants (Elephas Maximus L.) in Idukki Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, South India

Indian Forester

Volumn 123, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 948-951

  Vinod, T R ^a   Cheeran, Jacob V ^a  

^a Forestry College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0039404547     PISSN: 00194816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (22)

1. Barnes, R.F.W. (1982). Elephant feeding behaviour in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania. Afr. J. Ecol., 20 : 123-136.
2. Buss, I.O. (1961). Some observations on food habits and behaviour of African Elephant. J. Wildl. Manage., 26 : 131-148.
3. Carrington, R. (1958). Elephants. Chatto and Windus, London.
4. Chattopadhyay, B. and T. Bhattacharya (1986). Basic diurnal activity pattern of Blackbuck, Antilope cervicapra Linn, of Ballavpur Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal and its seasonal variation. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc., 83 : 553-561.
5. Deag, J.M. (1985). The diurnal patterns of behaviour of the Wild Barbary Macaque (Macacasylvanus). J. Zool., London (A), 206 : 403-413.
6. Douglas-Hamilton, I. (1972). On the ecology and behaviour of the African Elephant. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Oxford, England.
7. Easa, P.S. (1989). Certain aspects of Ecology and Ethology of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus L.) in Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, South India. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Kerala, Trivandrum.
8. Field, C.R. (1971). Elephant ecology in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda. E. Afr. Wildl. J., 9 : 99-123.
9. Guy, P.R. (1976). Diurnal activity patterns of Elephants in the Senwa area, Rhodesia. E. Afr. Wildl. J., 14 : 285-295.
10. Irby, R.L. (1982). Diurnal activity and habitat use patterns in a population of Chanler's mountain reedbuek in the Rift Valley of Kenya. Afr. J. Ecol., 20 : 169-178.
11. Ishwaran, N. (1984). The ecology of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus L.) in Sri Lanka. Unpublished Ph. D. dissertation, Michigan State University.
12. Jarman, M.V. and P.J.-Jarman (1973). Daily activity of Impala. E. Afr. Wildl. J., 11 : 75-92.
13. Kabigumila, J. (1993). Feeding habits of Elephants in Mgorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Afr. J. Ecol., 31 : 156-164.
14. Kalemera, M.C. (1989). Observations on feeding preferences of Elephants in the Acacia tortilis woodland of lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania. Afr. J. Ecol., 27 : 325-333.
15. Laws, R.M. (1970). Elephants as agents of habitat and landscape change in East Africa. Oikos 21 : 1-15.
16. Laws, R.M., I.S.C. Parker and R.C.B. Johnstone (1975). Elephants and their habitats. Clarendon Press, Oxford.
17. McKay, G.M. (1973). Behaviour-and ecology of the Asiatic Elephant in South-eastern Ceylon, Smithsonian Contribution to Zoology, 125, Smithsonian Institute on Press, Washington D.C.
18. Santiapillai, C., M.R. Chambers and N. Ishwaran (1984). Aspects of the ecology of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus L.) in the Ruhuna National Park, Sri Lanka. Biol. Conserve., 29 : 47-61
19. Santiapillai, C. and H. Suprahman (1986). The ecology of the Elephant (Elephas maximus L.) in the Way Kambas Game Reserve, Sumatra. WWF/IUCN 3133 Final Report, Bogor.
20. Sukumar, R. (1985). Ecology of the Asian Elephant (Elephas maximus) and its interaction with man in South India. Ph.D. Thesis. Indian Institute of Science, Banglore, India.
21. Vancuylenburg, B. W.B. (1977). Feeding behaviour of the Asian Elephant in South-East Sri Lanka in relation to conservation. Biol. Conserve., 12 : 33-53.
22. Wyatt, J.R. and S.K. Eltringham (1974). The daily activity of the Elephant in the Rwenzori National Park, Uganda. E. Afr. Wild. J., 12 : 273-289.