Estimating elephant densities from wells and droppings in dried out riverbeds

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 312-319

  Rasmussen, Henrik Barner ^a   Kahindi, Onesmas ^b   Vollrath, Fritz ^a   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Aerial count; Dung count; Elephant densities; Seasonal rivers; Transect; Wells

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 33144481100     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2005.00580.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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