Towards Standardisation of Population Estimates: Defecation Rates of Elephants Should be Assessed using a Rainfall Model
作者： Jörn Theuerkauf , Roman Gula
DOI: 10.5735/086.047.0603
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摘要: Daily defecation rate is an important variable in density estimation of African (Loxodonta qfricana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants. However, there has been no attempt to construct a general model that predicts rates. By comparing 16 published studies, we found annual seasonal daily rates increased with rainfall following power regression model. We recommend calculating based on the regressions from our meta-analysis, rather than using any single study.
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