Movements of four forest elephants in an oil concession in Gabon, Central Africa

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1134-1138

  Kolowski, Joseph M ^a   Blake, Steve ^b,c,d   Kock, Michael D ^b   Lee, Michelle E ^a,e,f   Henderson, Ann ^a   Honorez, Annabelle ^a   Alonso, Alfonso ^a  

^a SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; ELEPHANT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; MOVEMENT; OIL FIELD; PHENOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

GABON;

ELEPHANTIDAE;

EID: 78349247326     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01204.x     Document Type: Article

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