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Causes and Correlates of Calf Mortality in Captive Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Juvenile mortality is a key factor influencing population growth rate in density-independent, predation-free, well-managed captive populations. Currently at least a quarter of all Asian elephants live in captivity, but both the wild and captive populations are unsustainable with the present fertilit...

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Autores principales: Mar, Khyne U., Lahdenperä, Mirkka, Lummaa, Virpi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3291566/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22396757
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0032335