Behavior of Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in a land-use mosaic: Implications for human-elephant coexistence in the Anamalai Hills, India

Wildlife Biology in Practice

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 69-80

  Kumar, M A ^a,b   Singh, M ^b  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Elephant behavior; Fragmented habitats; Human distance; Human population; Landscape matrix; Management implications; Plantations

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EUCALYPTUS;

EID: 79251636581     PISSN: 16462742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2461/wbp.2010.6.6     Document Type: Article

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