Mortality records (1979–2011) shed light on threats to Asian Elephants Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) in Nilgiris, southern India

Mortality records (1979–2011) shed light on threats to Asian Elephants Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) in Nilgiris, southern India

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<p>We compiled records of 291 elephant deaths over a 33-year period (1979–2011) from the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve and the reserved forests of Nilgiri North and South divisions of southern India from the databases of the Tamil Nadu Forest Department, the Wildlife Protection Society of India and...

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Main Authors: Priya Davidar, Clément Rosset, Pratheesh Chacko Mammen, Jean Philippe Puyravaud, Rajeev Srivastava, Belinda Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wildlife Information Liaison Development Society 2015-06-01
Series:Journal of Threatened Taxa
Subjects:
Asian Elephant
endangered species
India
ivory poaching
Mudumalai Tiger Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri North Division
wildlife forensics.
Online Access:http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2111

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