Assessment of body condition in Asian elephants (Elephas maximus)

Zoo Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-200

  Wemmer, C ^a,g   Krishnamurthy, V ^b   Shrestha, S ^c   Hayek, L A ^d   Thant, Myo ^e   Nanjappa, K A ^f  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SÁLIM ALI CENTRE FOR ORNITHOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY   (India)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^e Myanmar Timber Enterprise   (Myanmar)

^f Karnataka Forest Department   (India)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fat; Morphology; Morphometrics; Sexual dimorphism

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 33746130391     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20099     Document Type: Article

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