Asian elephant Elephas maximus habitat use and ranging in fragmented rainforest and plantations in the Anamalai Hills, India

Tropical Conservation Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 143-158

  Kumar, M Ananda ^a   Mudappa, Divya ^a   Raman, T R Shankar ^a  

^a NATURE CONSERVATION FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Habitat use; Plantations; Rainforest fragments; Ranging pattern

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; EUCALYPTUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79251640047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19400829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/194008291000300203     Document Type: Article

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