Dry season diets and habitat use of sympatric Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and greater one-horned rhinoceros (Rhinocerus unicornis) in Nepal

Journal of Zoology

Volumn 265, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 377-385

  Steinheim, Geir ^a   Wegge, Per ^a   Fjellstad, Jo I ^a   Jnawali, Shant R ^b   Weladji, Robert B ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b King Mahendra Trust for Nature Conservation   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Competition; Elephas maximus; Food habits; Rhinoceros unicornis; Saccharum spontaneum

Indexed keywords

DIET; DRY SEASON; ELEPHANT; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLOODPLAIN; HABITAT USE; UNGULATE;

ASIA; BHERI; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; ROYAL BARDIA NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

ACACIA; ACACIA CATECHU; ANIMALIA; ARECA CATECHU; BOMBAX; BOMBAX CEIBA; CEIBA; ELEPHANT; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; RHINOCEROS; RHINOCEROS UNICORNIS; SACCHARUM HYBRID CULTIVAR; SACCHARUM SPONTANEUM;

EID: 17144411894     PISSN: 09528369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0952836905006448     Document Type: Article

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