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Elephant Communication

Authors: Langbauer, Jr., W.R.

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: behavior, chemical signals, ethogram, infrasound, musth, reproduction

Year: 2000

Loxodonta africana

Authors: Larry Laursen, Mark Bekoff

Publication/Journal: Mammalian Species

Keywords: african bush elephant, african elephant, elephant

Year: 1978

A Case Study: Fecal Corticosteroid and Behavior as Indicators of Welfare During Relocation of an Asian Elephant

Authors: N Laws, A Ganswindt, M Heistermann, M Harris, S Harris, C Sherwin

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

Keywords: adrenal activity, behavior, behaviour, elephant, elephas maximus, elisa, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, noninvasive, welfare

Year: 2007

Rumble vocalizations mediate interpartner distance in African elephants, Loxodonta africana

Authors: K. Leighty, J. Soltis, C. Wesolek, A. Savage

Publication/Journal: Animal Behaviour

Keywords: african elephant, antiphonal exchange, contact call, fission–fusion, loxodonta africana, rumble, vocal communication

Year: 2008

GPS determination of walking rates in captive African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Katherine A. Leighty, Joseph Soltis, Christina M. Wesolek, Anne Savage, Jill Mellen, John Lehnhardt

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal movements, enclosure size, exercise, welfare

Year: 2009

Sexual dimorphism in the performance of chemosensory investigatory behaviours by African elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Authors: Helen Loizi, Thomas E. Goodwin, L. E. L. Rasmussen, Anna M. Whitehouse, Bruce A. Schulte

Publication/Journal: Behaviour

Keywords: african elephant, chemical signal, intraspecific communication, investigation, loxodonta africana

Year: 2009

Differences in husbandry and management systems across ten facilities housing Asian elephants Elephas maximas in India

Authors: A. Mallapur, A. Ramanathan

Publication/Journal: International Zoo Yearbook

Keywords: asian elephant, forest elephant camps, husbandry, india, management, temples, tourist camps, zoos

Year: 2009

How should the psychological well-being of zoo elephants be objectively investigated?

Authors: Georgia J. Mason, Jake S. Veasey

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: cortisol, motivation, preference, stress, welfare, zoos

Year: 2010

Tuberculosis in Elephants in North America

Authors: Susan K. Mikota, R. Scott Larsen, Richard J. Montali

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: bacterial disease, elephas maximus, loxodonta africana, tuberculosis

Year: 2000

Physiological indicators of stress in African forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in relation to petroleum operations in Gabon, Central Africa

Authors: Jason Munshi-South, Landry Tchignoumba, Janine Brown, Nicole Abbondanza, Jésus E. Maldonado, Ann Henderson, Alfonso Alonso

Publication/Journal: Diversity and Distributions

Keywords: conservation physiology, disturbance ecology, faecal DNA, faecal glucocorticoid metabolites, fecal DNA, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, gamba complex of protected areas, oil fields

Year: 2008