Elephants and water provision: What are the management links?

Diversity and Distributions

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 666-669

  Smit, I P J ^a   Grant, C C ^a   Whyte, I J ^a  

^a KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elephant management; Kruger National Park; Water provision

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; FOOD QUALITY; FORAGE; POPULATION DENSITY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; WATER AVAILABILITY; WATER SUPPLY; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 35448962118     PISSN: 13669516     EISSN: 14724642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-4642.2007.00403.x     Document Type: Review

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