Towards standardisation of population estimates: Defecation rates of elephants should be assessed using a rainfall model

Annales Zoologici Fennici

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 398-402

  Theuerkauf, Jörn ^a   Gula, Roman ^a  

^a MUSEUM AND INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; META-ANALYSIS; POPULATION ESTIMATION; RAINFALL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 79251509588     PISSN: 0003455X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0603     Document Type: Article

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