Wild elephant (Loxodonta africana) breeding herds respond to artificially transmitted seismic stimuli

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 842-850

  O'Connell Rodwell, C E ^a,b   Wood, J D ^a,b   Rodwell, T C ^b   Puria, S ^b,c   Partan, S R ^d   Keefe, R ^d   Shriver, D ^a   Arnason, B T ^e   Hart, L A ^f  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^e Tezar Inc   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Elephant seismic communication; Loxodonta africana

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; COMMUNICATION; ELEPHANT; SEISMIC PROPERTY; VOCALIZATION;

AFRICA;

AMPHIBIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA;

EID: 33645085047     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-005-0136-2     Document Type: Article

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