Tracking the movements of translocated elephants in Malaysia using satellite telemetry

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Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 68-74

  Stüwe, Michael ^a   Abdul, Jasmi B ^a   Nor, Burhanuddin Mohd ^b   Wemmer, Christen M ^b  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Dept of Wildlife and National Parks ^*  (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASIAN ELEPHANT; MOVEMENT; SATELLITE TELEMETRY; TRANSLOCATION;

MALAYSIA;

ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 0343679528     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3008.1998.00019.x     Document Type: Article

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