Social life of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in Southern India: Implications for elephant welfare

Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 42-58

  Vanitha, Varadharajan ^a   Thiyagesan, Krishnamoorthy ^a   Baskaran, Nagarajan ^b  

^a A V C COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; INDIA; NONHUMAN; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL LIFE; STEREOTYPY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ELEPHANTS; OBSERVATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STEREOTYPED BEHAVIOR; TREES;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 78650661394     PISSN: 10888705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888705.2011.527603     Document Type: Article

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