Opening a larger window onto forest elephant ecology

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 176-183

  Wrege, Peter H ^a   Rowland, Elizabeth D ^a   Bout, Nicolas ^b,c   Doukaga, Modeste ^b  

^a Fuller Evolutionary Biology Program   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c Aspinall Foundation   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic monitoring; Conservation; Forest elephant; Loxodonta cyclotis; Mineral lick

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC METHOD; ACTIVITY PATTERN; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; MINERAL DEPOSIT; NOCTURNAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION ESTIMATION;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS;

EID: 84859600303     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2011.01310.x     Document Type: Article

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