ELEPHANT DAYS AND NIGHTS: TEN YEARS WITH THE INDIAN ELEPHANT. By Raman Sukumar. Foreword by George B. Schaller.
1994 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 245mm). Ppxvi,184. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography, end-paper maps. Black boards, spine titled in gilt.
Ecology of Indian elephants, including feeding habits, rogues and crop-raiders, reproduction, social organisation, seasonal cycles and ivory poaching". The author has been studying the life of wild elephants in southern India since 1980. This is the story of his work on elephants, of their ecology, social behaviour, interactions with people and the problems they currently face". Chapters include: The problem; The land and the elephants; The renewal of life; A megavegetarian versus the vegetation; Raiders and rogues; Growth and family life; Seasonal rhythms; The ivory hunters; The march of time.
Ecology of Indian elephants, including feeding habits, rogues and crop-raiders, reproduction, social organisation, seasonal cycles and ivory poaching". The author has been studying the life of wild elephants in southern India since 1980. This is the story of his work on elephants, of their ecology, social behaviour, interactions with people and the problems they currently face". Chapters include: The problem; The land and the elephants; The renewal of life; A megavegetarian versus the vegetation; Raiders and rogues; Growth and family life; Seasonal rhythms; The ivory hunters; The march of time.
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48118
Author | Sukumar (Raman). |
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Book Code | 48118 |
ISBN | 0195633482 / 0195633482. |
Book Description | Bumped / stained and slightly shelf-worn, slight ripple to pages from former exposure to damp, smells slightly musty. working copy in torn / stained dust-wrapper. |
Book Cover | Hardcover |
Published Date | 1994 |
Publisher | Oxford University Press. |
Place | Delhi. |