The consequences of body size dimorphism: Are African elephants sexually segregated at the habitat scale?

Behaviour

Volumn 143, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1145-1168

  Shannon, Graeme ^a   Page, Bruce R ^a   Duffy, Kevin J ^b   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Foraging behaviour; Habitat utilisation; Loxodonta africana; Ungulate

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 33750088124     PISSN: 00057959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853906778607372     Document Type: Article

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