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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International Livestock Centre for Africa
1981
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4205 |
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| author | Douglas-Hamilton, I. Hillman, A.K.K. |
| author_browse | Douglas-Hamilton, I. Hillman, A.K.K. |
| author_facet | Douglas-Hamilton, I. Hillman, A.K.K. |
| author_sort | Douglas-Hamilton, I. |
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| description | 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 carcass categories; presents three case studies to illustrate the usefulness of information provided by elephant surveys using carcass data. |
| format | Libro |
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| institution | CGIAR Consortium |
| language | Inglés |
| publishDate | 1981 |
| publishDateRange | 1981 |
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| publisher | International Livestock Centre for Africa |
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| spelling | CGSpace42052021-02-24T13:54:46Z Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends Douglas-Hamilton, I. Hillman, A.K.K. elephants carcasses aerial surveying population estimate precipitation age determination 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 carcass categories; presents three case studies to illustrate the usefulness of information provided by elephant surveys using carcass data. 1981 2011-07-19T06:18:42Z 2011-07-19T06:18:42Z Book https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4205 en Open Access International Livestock Centre for Africa |
| spellingShingle | elephants carcasses aerial surveying population estimate precipitation age determination Douglas-Hamilton, I. Hillman, A.K.K. Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title | Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title_full | Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title_fullStr | Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title_full_unstemmed | Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title_short | Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| title_sort | elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends |
| topic | elephants carcasses aerial surveying population estimate precipitation age determination |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/4205 |
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