Problem-elephant translocation: translocating the problem and the elephant?
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) threatens the survival of endangered Asian elephants (Elephas maximus). Translocating "problem-elephants" is an important HEC mitigation and elephant conservation strategy across elephant range, with hundreds translocated annually. In the first comprehensive a...
Main Authors: | Prithiviraj Fernando, Peter Leimgruber, Tharaka Prasad, Jennifer Pastorini |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3517608?pdf=render |
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