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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...
Autores principales: | Prado-Oviedo, Natalia A., Bonaparte-Saller, Mary K., Malloy, Elizabeth J., Meehan, Cheryl L., Mench, Joy A., Carlstead, Kathy, Brown, Janine L. |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2016
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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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