Population management of zoo elephants

International Zoo Yearbook

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 80-87

  Wiese, R J ^a,c   Willis, K ^b  

^a Minnesota Zoological Gardens ^*  (United States)

^b Minnesota Zoological Garden   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Demographic management; Deterministic model; Elephant; Genetic management; Stochastic model

Indexed keywords

EID: 33947115046     PISSN: 00749664     EISSN: 17481090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1090.2006.00080.x     Document Type: Article

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