Age determination by back length for African savanna elephants: extending age assessment techniques for aerial-based surveys.

Age determination by back length for African savanna elephants: extending age assessment techniques for aerial-based surveys.

Determining the age of individuals in a population can lead to a better understanding of population dynamics through age structure analysis and estimation of age-specific fecundity and survival rates. Shoulder height has been used to accurately assign age to free-ranging African savanna elephants. H...

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Main Authors: Morgan J Trimble, Rudi J van Aarde, Sam M Ferreira, Camilla F Nørgaard, Johan Fourie, Phyllis C Lee, Cynthia J Moss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3197571?pdf=render

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