Modelling the effectiveness of contraception for controlling introduced populations of elephant in South Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 747-755

  MacKey, Robin L ^a   Page, Bruce R ^a   Grobler, Douw ^b   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Catchco Africa   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Loxodonta africana; Population growth; Population irruption; Population model; Population regulation; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; GROWTH RATE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION GROWTH; POPULATION MODELING; POPULATION REGULATION; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; UNGULATA;

EID: 73149093202     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01075.x     Document Type: Article

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