Dominance rank relationships among wild female African elephants, Loxodonta africana

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 117-127

  Archie, Elizabeth A ^a,d   Morrison, Thomas A ^a   Foley, Charles A H ^b   Moss, Cynthia J ^c   Alberts, Susan C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Tarangire Elephant Project   (Tanzania)

^c Amboseli Elephant Research Project   (Kenya)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMINANCE; ELEPHANT; EVOLUTION; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION;

AFRICA; AMBOSELI NATIONAL PARK; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 29444442622     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2005.03.023     Document Type: Article

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