Differences in age-specific mortality between wild-caught and captive-born Asian elephants
Wild Asian elephants have been and continue to be captured to supplement captive populations. Here, Lahdenperä et al. use records from Myanmar timber elephants to show that wild-caught elephants have increased mortality compared to captive-born elephants for many years after capture.
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Nature Portfolio
2018
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