Elephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends

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dc.creatorDouglas-Hamilton, I.
dc.creatorHillman, A.K.K.
dc.date1981
dc.date2011-07-19T06:18:42Z
dc.date2011-07-19T06:18:42Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:19:14Z
dc.descriptionReviews methods of recording dead elephants and discusses how carcass records can be interpreted, suggesting four ways of carcass classification recognizable from the air; discusses factors affecting carcass breakdown, particularly rainfall & scavengers, and describes ways of allocating ages to carcass categories; presents three case studies to illustrate the usefulness of information provided by elephant surveys using carcass data.
dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/4205
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/148761
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Livestock Centre for Africa
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.subjectelephants
dc.subjectcarcasses
dc.subjectaerial surveying
dc.subjectpopulation estimate
dc.subjectprecipitation
dc.subjectage determination
dc.titleElephant carcasses and skeletons as indicators of population trends
dc.typeBook

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