Modeling population viability of captive elephants in Myanmar (Burma): Implications for wild populations

Animal Conservation

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 198-205

  Leimgruber, Peter ^a   Senior, B ^a   Uga, ^b   Aung, Myint ^b   Songer, M A ^a   Mueller, T ^a   Wemmer, C ^a   Ballou, J D ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b SICAS Office   (Myanmar)

Author keywords

Asian elephants; Captive elephants; Myanmar; Population viability analysis

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE BREEDING; CAPTIVE POPULATION; ELEPHANT; MINIMUM VIABLE POPULATION; MODELING; POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SURVIVAL; VIABILITY; WILD POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; MYANMAR; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 44649111920     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2008.00172.x     Document Type: Article

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