Mortality records (1979–2011) shed light on threats to Asian Elephants Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758 (Mammalia: Proboscidea: Elephantidae) in Nilgiris, southern India
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Serodiagnosis of Tuberculosis in Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in Southern India: A Latent Class Analysis
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Threatened Taxa
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0974-7893,0974-7907
DOI: 10.11609/jott.o4332.7436-42