Demography of captive Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) in southern India

Abstract 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2361(1997)16:33.3.CO;2-A Historically, the Asian elephant has never bred well in captivity. We have carried out demographic analyses of elephants captured in the wild or born in captivity and kept in forest timber camps in southern India during the past century. The average fecundity during this period was 0.095/adult female/year. During 1969–89, however, the fecundity […]