Changes in elephant movement and home ranges in the Waza region, Cameroon

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1423-1431

  Foguekem, Désiré ^a,b   Tchamba, Martin Ngankam ^a   LeBreton, Mathew ^b   Ngassam, Pierre ^b   Loomis, Mike ^c  

^a WWF Cameroon Program Office   (Cameroon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^c North Carolina Zoological Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Argos satellite; Distance movement; Elephant; Home range; Migration; Waza region

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 72849146749     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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