Elephants as companion species: The lively biogeographies of Asian elephant conservation in Sri Lanka

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 491-506

  Lorimer, Jamie ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Biogeography; Conservation; Cultural geography; Nature; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; FUTURE PROSPECT; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; SPECIES CONSERVATION; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

SRI LANKA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 78649802844     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2010.00395.x     Document Type: Article

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