A Novel Objective Method of Estimating the Age of Mandibles from African Elephants (Loxodonta africana Africana).

The importance of assigning an accurate estimate of age and sex to elephant carcasses found in the wild has increased in recent years with the escalation in levels of poaching throughout Africa. Irregularities identified in current ageing techniques prompted the development of a new method to descri...

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Main Author: Fiona J Stansfield
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4430523?pdf=render