Diurnal and Nocturnal Activity Time Budgets of Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in a Zoological Park

The diurnal and nocturnal activity time budgets of five adult female Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were studied in a zoological park for two 24-hour, five 14-hour, and one 9-hour observation periods between May and June 2011. Relatively few studies have looked at detailed daytime and nighttime a...

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Main Authors: Denise E. Lukacs, Melanie Poulin, Hayley Besenthal, Otto C. Fad, Stephen P. Miller, James L. Atkinson, Esther J. Finegan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Animal Behavior and Cognition 2016-05-01
Series:Animal Behavior and Cognition
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Online Access:http://www.animalbehaviorandcognition.org/uploads/journals/10/01.May2016-Lukacs+et+al_final.pdf