Feeding behaviour of the asiatic elephant in South-East Sri Lanka in relation to conservation
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Wild elephants spend about 80% of the time foraging and are highly social.
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- Authors
- Vancuylenberg, B. W. B.
- Affiliations
- University of Peradeniya (LK)
- Corresponding author
- Vancuylenberg, B.W.B.
- Venue
- Biological Conservation
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1977-07
- Volume
- 12
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 33-54
- ISSN
- 0006-3207 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2042271734
- Cited by
- 78
- References
- 7
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 9 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 3 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 2 · 2013: 2
- FWCI
- 0.57
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Biological Conservation (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Keywords
- Asian elephant, feeding behaviour, activity cycles, diurnal cycle, feeding rate, habitat use, migration routes, human-wildlife conflict, road construction, habitat loss, elephant conservation
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