The influence of life history milestones and association networks on crop-raiding behavior in male african elephants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Chiyo, Patrick I ^a,b   Moss, Cynthia J ^c   Alberts, Susan C ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^c AMBOSELI TRUST FOR ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN ELEPHANT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CROP RAIDING BEHAVIOR; ELEPHANT; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; LIFE HISTORY; LIFE HISTORY MILESTONE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROBABILITY; SOCIAL NETWORK; WILD ANIMAL; AGE; ANIMAL; CROP; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; ELEPHANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84856731161     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031382     Document Type: Article

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