Fecundity and population viability in female zoo elephants: Problems and possible solutions

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-247

  Clubb, R ^a   Rowcliffe, M ^b   Lee, P ^c,d   Mar, K U ^e   Moss, C ^d   Mason, G J ^f  

^a Research Animals Department   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

African elephant; Animal welfare; Asian elephant; Fecundity; Population viability; Survivorship

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL CARE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; LIFESPAN; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION GROWTH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RISK FACTOR; SPECIES COMPARISON; SURVIVAL RATE; WILD ANIMAL; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 68349123505     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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