Fertility control and African elephants: A new paradigm for management

Elephants: Ecology, Behavior and Conservation

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 77-95

  Kirkpatrick, J F ^a   Delsink, A K ^b   van Altena, J J ^b   Bertschinger, H J ^c  

^a Science and Conservation Center   (United States)

^b Makalali Private Game Preserve ^*  (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

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