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. 2016 Jul 14;11(7):e0154750. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0154750

Table 3. Summary of life events and age (as of 7/1/2012) for the full population (n = 250) by species, sex and origin.

Data include the number of elephants that were included in each variable (n), and the number of events, including median, mean (# events/elephant), SEM, minimum and maximum.

  Full Population
  n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max
Age 250 - 33.02 31.21 0.88 0.95 64.50
Transfers 250 668 2.00 2.67 0.13 0 10.00
OffB 188 104 0.00 0.54 0.08 0 6.00
OffD 54 48 1.00 0.89 0.15 0 5.00
ExpB(m) 50 206 3.00 4.12 0.73 0 26.00
ExpD(m) 50 167 2.00 2.34 0.60 0 19.00
ExpB(f) 200 532 1.00 2.66 0.30 0 21.00
ExpD(f) 200 727 2.00 3.63 0.35 0 29.00            
  Species
  African Elephants Asian Elephants
n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max
Agea 134 - 30.60 28.34 1.03 0.95 52.50 116 - 39.50 34.52 1.41 1.02 64.50
Transfers 134 364 2.00 2.72 0.17 0 10.00 116 304 2.50 2.62 0.19 0 10.00
OffB 101 40 0.00 0.38 0.07 0 3.00 87 64 0.00 0.74 0.14 0 6.00
OffD 26 15 0.00 0.58 0.15 0 3.00 28 33 1.00 1.18 0.24 0 5.00
ExpB(m) 25 76 2.00 3.04 0.60 0 10.00 25 130 3.00 5.20 1.31 0 26.00
ExpD(m) 25 51 1.00 2.04 0.40 0 7.00 25 116 3.00 4.64 1.08 0 19.00
ExpB(f) 109 189 1.00 1.73 0.24 0 10.00 91 343 1.00 3.77 0.58 0 21.00
ExpD(f) 109 264 2.00 2.42 0.25 0 15.00 91 463 3.00 5.09 0.69 0 29.00
  Sex
  Female Elephants Male Elephants
n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max
Agea 200 - 34.50 33.62 0.87 0.95 64.50 50 - 22.00 21.55 2.17 1.08 50.21
Transfers 200 561 3.00 2.80 0.13 0 10.00 50 107 1.00 2.14 0.36 0 10.00
ExpB 200 532 1.00 2.66 0.30 0 21.00 50 206 3.00 4.12 0.73 0 26.00
ExpD 200 727 2.00 3.63 0.35 0 29.00 50 167 2.00 3.34 0.60 0 19.00
  Origin
  Imported Elephants Captive-Born Elephants
n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max n Total Counts Median Mean SEM Min Max
Agea 177 - 36.58 37.32 0.63 19.5 64.50 73 - 13.59 16.38 1.54 0.95 50.21
Transfers 177 591 3.00 3.34 0.13 0 10.00 73 77 0.00 1.05 0.17 0 5.00
OffB 158 82 0.00 0.52 0.09 0 6.00 30 22 0.00 0.67 0.19 0 3.00
OffD 43 35 0.00 0.81 0.17 0 5.00 11 13 0.00 1.18 0.26 0 2.00
ExpB(m) 19 92 3.00 4.84 1.27 0 16.00 31 114 3.00 3.68 0.89 0 26.00
ExpD(m) 19 92 4.00 4.84 1.10 0 19.00 31 75 1.00 2.42 0.65 0 16.00
ExpB(f) 158 417 1.00 2.64 0.36 0 21.00 42 115 2.00 2.74 0.54 0 17.00
ExpD(f) 158 617 2.00 3.91 0.43 0 29.00 42 110 2.00 2.62 0.44 0 12.00

aValues differ within demographic category (p<0.05) (Mann-Whitney U Test). OffB = offspring births; OffD = offspring deaths; ExpB = exposure to births; ExpD = exposure to deaths; m = male; f = female.