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Tables of Contents for Elephants
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
10
4
Richard M. Laws
EVOLUTION AND BIOLOGY
What Is An Elephant?
14
2
Jeheskel Shoshani
Sandra Lee Shoshani
The Elephant's Relatives
16
2
Jeheskel Shoshani
Evolution of the Proboscidea
18
18
Jeheskel Shoshani
Classifying Elephants
22
12
Jeheskel Shoshani
Pascal Tassy
My Experiences with the Late Henry Fairfield Osborn
34
2
Edwin H. Colbert
Comparing The Living Elephants
36
16
Jeheskel Shoshani
Probing Prehistoric Proteins
52
4
Jerold M. Lowenstein
The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs, South Dakota, USA
54
2
Larry D. Agenbroad
Comparing Mammoths and Mastodons
56
2
Jeheskel Shoshani
Cloning Mammoths
58
2
Viktor M. Mikhelson
Dwarf Elephants of the Past
60
4
Lucia Caloi
Maria Rita Palombo
Extinction of the Elephant's ``Ancestors''
64
2
Jeheskel Shoshani
Daniel C. Fisher
Anatomy and Physiology
66
16
Jeheskel Shoshani
Musth in Indian Elephant Lore
82
3
Dhriti K. Lahiri-Choudhury
Musth in Asian Elephants
85
2
P.S. Easa
Musth in African Elephants
87
5
Joyce H. Poole
The Elephant Beneath the Mask
92
7
Michael J. Schmidt
Population Genetics of African Elephants
98
1
Nicholas Georgiadis
Longevity and Mortality
99
7
S. Keith Eltringham
BEHAVIOR AND ENVIRONMENT
Elephant Calves: The Story of Two Sexes
106
10
Cynthia Moss
Raising Orphaned African Elephants
114
2
Daphne Sheldrick
Elephant Communication
116
8
Katherine B. Payne
William R. Langbauer, Jr.
Ecology and Behavior
124
4
S. Keith Eltringham
Erosion by Elephants
128
3
lan M. Redmond
The Desert Elephants of Namibia
131
3
Philip J. Viljoen
Intelligence and Survival
134
4
Jeheskel Shoshani
John F. Eisenberg
Elephant Migration
138
8
Jeheskel Shoshani
ELEPHANTS AND HUMANS
Elephants Used as War Machines
146
3
Kenneth C. Wylie
Elephants as Beasts of Burden
149
3
Jeffrey A. McNeely
The Elephant Domestication Centre of Africa
152
3
Kes Hillman Smith
Training Elephants
155
3
Bucky Steele
Elephants in Folklore, Religion and Art
158
10
Jeffrey A. McNeely
The Elephant as Symbol
166
2
Mary Ann Owens
Famous Elephants
168
6
Sandra Lee Shoshani
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
The Asian Elephant Population Today
174
4
J. C. Daniel
The Status of Elephants in China
176
2
Yang Dehua
The African Elephant Population Today
178
6
Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Elephants in Captivity
184
10
C. Dale Tuttle
A Nutritious Diet for a Captive Elephant
190
4
John Lehnhardt
The Question of Culling
194
8
Anthony J. Hall-Martin
Alternatives to Culling
200
2
Ian M. Redmond
The Rise and Fall of the Ivory Market
202
8
Esmond Bradley Martin
The 1989 Cites Meeting in Lausanne, Switzerland, and Its Aftermath
208
2
Ronald Orenstein
United States Politics and Elephant Conservation
210
4
Anthony C. Beilenson
A Wildlife Director's Perspective
214
4
Richard E. Leakey
Memories of African Elephants
218
8
Sylvia K. Sikes
Why Save Elephants?
226
4
Jeheskel Shoshani
Epitome
230
2
Jehskel Shoshani
Frequently Asked Questions
232
3
Bibliography
235
1
Acknowledgments
236
1
Index
237