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African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) as an example of a herbivore making movement choices based on nutritional needs
BACKGROUND: The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems and caused devastating effects on populations of mega-herbivores such as the African savanna elephants, through habitat reduction and fragmentation and incr...
Autores principales: | Sach, Fiona, Dierenfeld, Ellen S., Langley-Evans, Simon C., Watts, Michael J., Yon, Lisa |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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PeerJ Inc.
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6361008/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30723615 http://dx.doi.org/10.7717/peerj.6260 |
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