Forest elephant crisis in the Congo Basin

PLoS Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 945-953

  Blake, Stephen ^a,b   Strindberg, Samantha ^a   Boudjan, Patrick ^a   Makombo, Calixte ^a   Bila Isia, Inogwabini ^a   Ilambu, Omari ^a   Grossmann, Falk ^a   Bene Bene, Lambert ^c   De Semboli, Bruno ^d   Mbenzo, Valentin ^a   S'hwa, Dino ^a   Bayogo, Rosine ^e   Williamson, Liz ^a   Fay, Mike ^a   Hart, John ^a   Maisels, Fiona ^a  

^a WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Regional Office for Africa   (Cameroon)

^d World Wildlife Fund Dzanga Sangha ^*  (Central African Republic)

^e Bangassou Forest Project   (Central African Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ANIMAL CARE; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CONGO; ELEPHANT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; INCIDENCE;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 34247497810     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0050111     Document Type: Article

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