Social dominance, seasonal movements, and spatial segregation in African elephants: A contribution to conservation behavior

Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1919-1931

  Wittemyer, G ^a,b   Getz, W M ^a,c   Vollrath, F ^b,d   Douglas Hamilton, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal movement; Dominance; Spatial organization

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION; DOMINANCE; ELEPHANT; MIGRATORY SPECIES; MOVEMENT; PREDATION; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

EID: 34548576863     PISSN: 03405443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00265-007-0432-0     Document Type: Article

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