Desert-dwelling African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Namibia dig wells to purify drinking water

Pachyderm

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 66-72

  Ramey, Eva M ^a   Ramey, Rob R ^b,c   Brown, Laura M ^b,c   Kelley, Scott T ^d  

^a LEWIS AND CLARK COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Wildlife Science International   (United States)

^c Desert Lion and Elephant Conservation ^*  (Namibia)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 84911411500     PISSN: 10262881     EISSN: 16835018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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