Demographic variables for wild Asian elephants using longitudinal observations

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  De Silva, Shermin ^a,b,e   Elizabeth Webber, C ^c   Weerathunga, U S ^b   Pushpakumara, T V ^b   Weerakoon, Devaka K ^d   Wittemyer, George ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b Elephant Forest and Environment Conservation Trust   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^e Trunks and Leaves Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; CARCASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANT; ELEPHAS MAXIMUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; PARITY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; REPRODUCTION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SRI LANKA; WILD SPECIES; AGING; ANIMAL; BIRTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; PHYSIOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

RAIN;

AGING; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DEMOGRAPHY; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GEOGRAPHY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARTURITION; RAIN; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84893394861     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082788     Document Type: Article

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