Spatio-Temporal Distribution of Injured Elephants in Masai Mara and the Putative Negative and Positive Roles of the Local Community

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Mijele, Domnic ^a   Obanda, Vincent ^a   Omondi, Patrick ^a   Soriguer, Ramón C ^b   Gakuya, Francis ^a   Otiende, Moses ^a   Hongo, Peter ^a   Alasaad, Samer ^b,c  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INJURY; KENYA; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDICTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES CONSERVATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION DENSITY; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SPATIO-TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84880849802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071179     Document Type: Article

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