The dynamics of social networks among female Asian elephants

BMC Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  De Silva, Shermin ^a,b,e   Ranjeewa, Ashoka D G ^b,c   Kryazhimskiy, Sergey ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Uda Walawe Elephant Research Project   (Sri Lanka)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Elephant Forest and Environment Conservation Trust   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Elephas maximus; Fission fusion; Social organization

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CYCLICITY; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; POPULATION SIZE; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

SRI LANKA; UDA WALAWE NATIONAL PARK;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ARTICLE; ASIA; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

ANIMAL COMMUNICATION; ANIMALS; ASIA; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SRI LANKA;

EID: 79960682350     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726785     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-11-17     Document Type: Article

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