Physiological stress and refuge behavior by african elephants

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Jachowski, David S ^a   Slotow, Rob ^b   Millspaugh, Joshua J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; STRESS HORMONE; HORMONE;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHRONIC STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY SEASON; ELEPHANT; FECES ANALYSIS; FORAGING; FOREST; GRASSLAND; HABITAT USE; HOME RANGE; HORMONE RELEASE; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SEASON; SEASONAL VARIATION; VEGETATION; WET SEASON; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; FECES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; TIME; TREE;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; FECES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONES; MALE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS; TREES;

EID: 84857495311     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031818     Document Type: Article

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