Immediate behavioural responses of humans and Asian elephants in the context of road traffic in southern India

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1891-1900

  Vidya, T N C ^a   Thuppil, Vivek ^b  

^a JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioural response; Elephant motorist interactions; Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary; Ordinal multinomial generalized linear model; Road traffic; Sensory bias

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DISTURBANCE; ELEPHANT; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; NATURE RESERVE; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROTECTED AREA; ROAD TRANSPORT; SENSORY SYSTEM; TRAFFIC CONGESTION;

INDIA; MUDUMALAI WILDLIFE SANCTUARY; TAMIL NADU;

EID: 77954818884     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.04.043     Document Type: Article

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