Demography of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) at Uda Walawe National Park, Sri Lanka based on identified individuals

Biological Conservation

Volumn 144, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1742-1752

  Silva, Shermin de ^a,b   Ranjeewa, Ashoka D G ^b,c   Weerakoon, Devaka ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Uda Walawe Elephant Research Project   (Sri Lanka)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Capture recapture; Demography; Elephas maximus; Population estimation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ESTIMATION METHOD; FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MIGRATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PHOTOGRAPHY; POPULATION SIZE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

SABARAGAMUWA; SRI LANKA; UDA WALAWE;

ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

EID: 79956212166     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2011.03.011     Document Type: Article

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