Analysis of nutrient components of food for Asian elephants in the wild and in captivity

Frontiers of Biology in China

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 351-355

  Wang, Lihong ^a   Lin, Liu ^a   He, Qian ^b   Zhang, Jinguo ^b   Zhang, Li ^a  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Zoo   (China)

Author keywords

Asian Elephant; Microelements; Nutrition analysis

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 34547339018     PISSN: 16733509     EISSN: 16733622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11515-007-0052-0     Document Type: Article

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