Stress response of working African elephants to transportation and safari adventures

Journal of Wildlife Management

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1257-1260

  Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a   Burke, Tarryne ^b   Van Dyk, Gus ^b,c   Slotow, Rob ^b   Washburn, Brian E ^d   Woods, Rami J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c Pilanesberg National Park   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecotourism; Elephant; Human disturbance; South Africa; Stress hormones; Translocation

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ECOTOURISM; ELEPHANT; HANDLING STRESS; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISTURBANCE; RESOURCE USE; TRANSLOCATION; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

AFRICA; LETSATSING GAME RESERVE; PILANESBURG NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 35449001857     PISSN: 0022541X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2193/2006-015     Document Type: Article

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