Estimating daily walking distance of captive African elephants using an accelerometer

Zoo Biology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 579-591

  Rothwell, Emily S ^a   Bercovitch, Fred B ^b   Andrews, Jeff R M ^c   Anderson, Matthew J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c San Diego Wild Animal Park   (United States)

^d INSTITUTE FOR CONSERVATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Activity level; GPS; Loxodonta africana

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ARTICLE; ELEPHANT; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PHYSIOLOGY; WALKING; ZOO ANIMAL;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; ELEPHANTS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; WALKING;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 80053529072     PISSN: 07333188     EISSN: 10982361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/zoo.20364     Document Type: Article

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