 Elephants
"Elephants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Large mammals in the family Elephantidae, with columnar limbs, bulky bodies, and elongated snouts. They are the only surviving members of the PROBOSCIDEA MAMMALS.
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D004606
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.150.900.649.833.249
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| Concept/Terms |
African Elephants- African Elephants
- African Elephant
- Elephant, African
- Elephants, African
- Loxodonta
Asiatic Elephants- Asiatic Elephants
- Asiatic Elephant
- Elephant, Asiatic
- Elephants, Asiatic
- Elephas maximus
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Elephants" by people in Profiles.
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Salerno J, Stevens FR, Gaughan AE, Hilton T, Bailey K, Bowles T, Cassidy L, Mupeta-Muyamwa P, Biggs D, Pricope N, Mosimane AW, Henry LM, Drake M, Weaver A, Kosmas S, Woodward K, Kolarik N, Hartter J. Wildlife impacts and changing climate pose compounding threats to human food security. Curr Biol. 2021 11 22; 31(22):5077-5085.e6.
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Salerno J, Bailey K, Gaughan AE, Stevens FR, Hilton T, Cassidy L, Drake MD, Pricope NG, Hartter J. Wildlife impacts and vulnerable livelihoods in a transfrontier conservation landscape. Conserv Biol. 2020 08; 34(4):891-902.
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Palkopoulou E, Lipson M, Mallick S, Nielsen S, Rohland N, Baleka S, Karpinski E, Ivancevic AM, To TH, Kortschak RD, Raison JM, Qu Z, Chin TJ, Alt KW, Claesson S, Dal?n L, MacPhee RDE, Meller H, Roca AL, Ryder OA, Heiman D, Young S, Breen M, Williams C, Aken BL, Ruffier M, Karlsson E, Johnson J, Di Palma F, Alfoldi J, Adelson DL, Mailund T, Munch K, Lindblad-Toh K, Hofreiter M, Poinar H, Reich D. A comprehensive genomic history of extinct and living elephants. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018 03 13; 115(11):E2566-E2574.
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Simpson G, Zimmerman R, Shashkina E, Chen L, Richard M, Bradford CM, Dragoo GA, Saiers RL, Peloquin CA, Daley CL, Planet P, Narachenia A, Mathema B, Kreiswirth BN. Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection among Asian Elephants in Captivity. Emerg Infect Dis. 2017 03; 23(3):513-516.
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Codron J, Codron D, Sponheimer M, Kirkman K, Duffy KJ, Raubenheimer EJ, M?lice JL, Grant R, Clauss M, Lee-Thorp JA. Stable isotope series from elephant ivory reveal lifetime histories of a true dietary generalist. Proc Biol Sci. 2012 Jun 22; 279(1737):2433-41.
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Codron J, Codron D, Lee-Thorp JA, Sponheimer M, Kirkman K, Duffy KJ, Sealy J. Landscape-scale feeding patterns of African elephant inferred from carbon isotope analysis of feces. Oecologia. 2011 Jan; 165(1):89-99.
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