Long-term impacts of poaching on relatedness, stress physiology, and reproductive output of adult female African elephants

Conservation Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1590-1599

  Gobush, K S ^a   Mutayoba, B M ^b   Wasser, S K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SOKOINE UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Gene drop analysis; Glucocorticoids; Loxodonta africana; Microsatellite DNA; Poaching; Relatedness

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

DNA; ELEPHANT; GROUP SIZE; HORMONE; PHYSIOLOGY; POACHING; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RELATEDNESS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENETICS; PEDIGREE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; SEASON; TANZANIA;

ANIMALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PEDIGREE; SEASONS; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MIKUMI NATIONAL PARK; MOROGORO [TANZANIA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 57449104024     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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