Activity budgets and sexual segregation in African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 467-476

  Shannon, Graeme ^a   Page, Bruce R ^a   Mackey, Robin L ^a   Duffy, Kevin J ^b   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Allometry; Behavioral synchrony; Body size; Foraging; Large herbivore

Indexed keywords

ACTIVITY PATTERN; ALLOMETRY; BIOENERGETICS; BODY SIZE; DIGESTION; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NUTRITION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 43049128507     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/07-MAMM-A-132R.1     Document Type: Article

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