Foraging site recursion by forest Elephants Elephas maximus borneensis

Current Zoology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 551-559

  English, Megan ^a   Ancrenaz, Marc ^b   Gillespie, Graeme ^c   Goossens, Benoit ^d,e,f   Nathan, Sen ^f   Linklater, Wayne ^a,g  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Hutan Kinabatangan Orangutan Conservation Project and Elephant Conservation Unit   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary   (Malaysia)

^e CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^g NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Asian elephant; Herbivory; Megaherbivore; Optimal foraging; Recursion; Site re use

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905714825     PISSN: 16745507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/czoolo/60.4.551     Document Type: Article

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