The Asian elephants Elephas maximus of Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam: Status and conservation of a vanishing population

ORYX

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 92-99

  Varma, Surendra ^a   Dang, Nguyen Xuan ^b   Van Thanh, Tran ^c   Sukumar, R ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES   (Viet Nam)

^c Department of Cat Tien NP ^*  (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Cat Tien National Park; Elephant human conflict; Elephas maximus; Minimum viable population; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLAN; CONFLICT MANAGEMENT; CONSERVATION STATUS; DRY SEASON; ELEPHANT; ENDANGERED SPECIES; HABITAT CONSERVATION; LINE TRANSECT; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; NATIONAL PARK; NUT; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION ESTIMATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVEYING; SURVIVAL;

ASIA; CAT TIEN NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

ANACARDIUM OCCIDENTALE; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 39749162339     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605308010090     Document Type: Article

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