Effects of poaching on bull mating success in a free ranging African elephant (Loxodonta africana) population in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania

Conservation Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 247-255

  Ishengoma, D R S ^a,e   Shedlock, A M ^c,d   Foley, C A H ^b   Foley, L J ^b   Wasser, S K ^c   Balthazary, S T ^a   Mutayoba, B M ^a  

^a SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

^b Tarangire Elephant Project   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Elephants; Microsatellites; Poaching; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; MATING SUCCESS; PATERNITY; POACHING; REPRODUCTIVE STRATEGY;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA; TARANGIRE NATIONAL PARK;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 43349094145     PISSN: 15660621     EISSN: 15729737     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10592-007-9332-0     Document Type: Article

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