Causes and correlates of calf mortality in captive asian elephants (elephas maximus)

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Mar, Khyne U ^a   Lahdenperä, Mirkka ^b   Lummaa, Virpi ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CALF (MAMMAL); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ELEPHANT; FATALITY; FEMALE; MALE; MOTHER; MYANMAR; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STILLBIRTH; ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; BREEDING; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDANGERED SPECIES; MORTALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME; ZOO ANIMAL;

ELEPHANTIDAE; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, ZOO; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTS; ENDANGERED SPECIES; FEMALE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MORTALITY; MYANMAR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PROBABILITY; REPRODUCTION; STILLBIRTH; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857732257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032335     Document Type: Article

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