Behavioural correlates of low relatedness in African elephant core groups of a poached population

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1079-1086

  Gobush, Kathleen S ^a   Wasser, Samuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

affiliation; African elephant; agonism; cohesion; Loxodonta africana; poaching; relatedness; social structure

Indexed keywords

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIOR; AGONISTIC BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION GENETICS; DISPLAY BEHAVIOR; ELEPHANT; GENETIC MARKER; NATIONAL PARK; PHILOPATRY; POACHING; RELATEDNESS; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

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

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 70350072098     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.06.034     Document Type: Article

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