Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of elephant geophagic soils in Udawalawe National Park, Sri Lanka

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 391-400

  Chandrajith, Rohana ^a,b   Kudavidanage, Enoka ^c,d   Tobschall, H J ^b   Dissanayake, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERADENIYA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d SABARAGAMUWA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asian elephants; Clay minerals; Elephas maximus; Geophagy; Mammalian herbivores; Soils; Udawalawe National Park

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIARRHEAL AGENT; ILLITE; KAOLIN; MINERAL;

CLAY MINERAL; CLAY SOIL; GEOPHAGY; MINERALOGY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DETOXIFICATION; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELEPHANT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLISM; PICA; SOIL; SRI LANKA;

ANIMALS; ANTIDIARRHEALS; ELEPHANTS; ENTEROSORPTION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; KAOLIN; METABOLIC DETOXICATION, DRUG; MINERALS; PICA; SOIL; SRI LANKA;

ASIA; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SRI LANKA; UDAWALAWE RESERVOIR; UVA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 67349095007     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-008-9178-5     Document Type: Article

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