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LES DEFENSES<br />

chapitre -Encadré 18.1, Georgiadis 1990). D’un autre<br />

côté, le coût de l’analyse isotopique est très élevé,<br />

allant d’environ US$50/échantillon pour le carbone<br />

et nitrogène, à US$ 150/échantillon pour le plomb et<br />

le strontium (Koch & Behrensmeyer 1992). Van der<br />

Merwe (1993) à estimé qu’une base de données<br />

continentale de la composition isotopique de l’ivoire<br />

pourrait revenir à US$400.000, à condition que<br />

l’équipement nécessaire soit disponible. Pour inclure<br />

des oligo-éléments supplémentaires, les techniques<br />

microchimiques disponibles seront probablement trop<br />

chères pour un usage de routine (Wyckoff 1972).<br />

14.6 CONCLUSION<br />

Il est possible que les défenses des éléphants puissent<br />

fournir des informations utiles sur les individus et les<br />

populations. Elles peuvent nous donner divers<br />

renseignements dans des circonstances différentes et<br />

quelquefois elles sont la seule source d’information<br />

sur des éléphants marts. Des recherches<br />

supplémentaires doivent être faites pour se rendre<br />

compte de tout le potentiel des informations foumnies<br />

par les défenses. Il faut en mÍme temps, tenir compte<br />

du coût d’une telle recherche et de ses applications<br />

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