Shit happens (to be Useful)! Use of elephant dung as habitat by amphibians

Biotropica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 406-407

  Campos Arceiz, Ahimsa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Bundala National Park; Ecosystem engineering; Elephas maximus; Facilitation; Microhyla; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; ELEPHANT; FACILITATION; FROG; HABITAT USE; MANURE; NATIONAL PARK;

ASIA; BUNDALA NATIONAL PARK; EURASIA; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHERN PROVINCE [SRI LANKA]; SRI LANKA;

AMPHIBIA; ANURA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; MICROHYLA;

EID: 67651222440     PISSN: 00063606     EISSN: 17447429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-7429.2009.00525.x     Document Type: Article

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