Detusking fence-breaker elephants as an approach in human-elephant conflict mitigation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Mutinda, Matthew ^a   Chenge, Geoffrey ^b   Gakuya, Francis ^a   Otiende, Moses ^a   Omondi, Patrick ^a   Kasiki, Samuel ^a   Soriguer, Ramón C ^c   Alasaad, Samer ^c,d  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b LEWA WILDLIFE CONSERVANCY   (Kenya)

^c DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL IDENTIFICATION; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETUSKING; ECOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; ELEPHANT; FEMALE; HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MALE; NONHUMAN; SEX RATIO; WILD ANIMAL; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; KENYA; TIME;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMALS; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELEPHANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84897559665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0091749     Document Type: Article

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