Reproductive evaluation of elephants culled in kruger national park, South Africa between 1975 and 1995

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 192-201

  Freeman, Elizabeth W ^a   Whyte, Ian ^b   Brown, Janine L ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b KRUGER NATIONAL PARK   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culling; Kruger; Loxodonta africana; Ovaries; Pregnancy; Reproduction

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; ELEPHANT; NATIONAL PARK; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES CONSERVATION;

AFRICA; KRUGER NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 66749192071     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2008.00957.x     Document Type: Review

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