Asian elephants
By: John F. Eisenberg, George M. McKay, John Seidensticker ; [John Seidensticker and Susan Lumpkin, editors].
Contributors: McKay, George M.; Seidensticker, John.; Lumpkin, Susan.
Series: Natural history classics from the National Zoological Park
Publisher: Friends of the National Zoo; National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Subjects: Asiatic elephant
Other titles: Behavior and ecology of the Asiatic elephant in southeastern Ceylon.; Ecological reconnaissance of Wilpattu National Park, Ceylon.; Managing elephant depredation in agricultural and forestry projects.
Notes: Reprints of three papers, originally published in 1972, 1973 and 1984, with a new introduction by John F. Eisenberg and John Seidensticker.

Includes bibliographical references.

Gift of John F. Eisenberg.
Table of contents: title: Zoos and research in natural history -- Michael H. Robinson -- Introduction: Asian elephant natural history and conservation / -- John F. Eisenberg and John Seidensticker; title: Behavior and ecology of the Asiatic elephant in southeastern Ceylon -- George M. McKay; title: An Ecological reconnaissance of Wilpattu National Park, Ceylon -- John F. Eisenberg and Melvyn Lockhard; title: Managing elephant depredation in agricultural and forestry projects -- John Seidensticker.