Evaluation of Demographics and Social Life Events of Asian (Elephas maximus) and African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) in North American Zoos

This study quantified social life events hypothesized to affect the welfare of zoo African and Asian elephants, focusing on animals that were part of a large multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional elephant welfare study in North America. Age was calculated based on recorded birth dates and an age-b...

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Autores principales: Prado-Oviedo, Natalia A., Bonaparte-Saller, Mary K., Malloy, Elizabeth J., Meehan, Cheryl L., Mench, Joy A., Carlstead, Kathy, Brown, Janine L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27415437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154750

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4945030/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27415437
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0154750

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