Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends

Reviews methods of recording dead elephants and discusses how carcass records can be interpreted, suggesting four ways of carcass classification recognizable from the air; discusses factors affecting carcass breakdown, particularly rainfall & scavengers, and describes ways of allocating ages to carc...

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Autores principales: Douglas-Hamilton, I., Hillman, A.K.K.
Formato: Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Centre for Africa 1981
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4205

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