African elephant poaching rates correlate with local poverty, national corruption and global ivory price. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2019 Poaching is contributing to rapid declines in elephant populations across Africa. Following high-profile changes in the political environment, the overall number of illegally killed elephants in Africa seems to be falling, but to evaluate potential ...
Hauenstein S +4 more
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Locally-curved geometry generates bending cracks in the African elephant skin. [PDF]
Nat Commun, 2018 An intricate network of crevices adorns the skin surface of the African bush elephant, Loxodonta africana. These micrometre-wide channels enhance the effectiveness of thermal regulation (by water retention) as well as protection against parasites and ...
Martins AF +8 more
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The influence of socioeconomic factors on the densities of high-value cross-border species, the African elephant [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 Unprecedented poaching levels triggered by demand for ivory in Far East Asia are threatening the persistence of African elephant Loxodonta africana. Southern African countries make an important contribution to elephant conservation and could soon become ...
Sarah-Anne Jeanetta Selier +2 more
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Fatal Tuberculosis in a Free-Ranging African Elephant and One Health Implications of Human Pathogens in Wildlife. [PDF]
Front Vet Sci, 2019 Tuberculosis (TB) in humans is a global public health concern and the discovery of animal cases of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) infection and disease, especially in multi-host settings, also has significant implications for public health, veterinary ...
Miller MA +13 more
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Sexual dimorphism in African elephant social rumbles. [PDF]
PLoS One, 2017 This study used the source and filter theory approach to analyse sex differences in the acoustic features of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) low-frequency rumbles produced in social contexts (‘social rumbles’).
Baotic A, Stoeger AS.
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Identification of African Elephant Polyomavirus in wild elephants and the creation of a vector expressing its viral tumor antigens to transform elephant primary cells. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2021 Wild elephant populations are declining rapidly due to rampant killing for ivory and body parts, range fragmentation, and human-elephant conflict.
Virginia R Pearson +9 more
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An adolescent female African elephant (Loxodonta africana) gave birth to an abnormal calf [PDF]
Veterinary Medicine and ScienceMaternal nutrition and the uterine environment can influence placental development in mammals, leading to the birth of abnormal infants who often experience difficulties in independent standing.
Yujing Duan +4 more
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Diversity, 2023 African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) are a keystone species in African ecosystems. As a result of increasing anthropogenic pressure, elephant populations have declined significantly in the last two centuries. Research on a broad sample of these
Rachael B. Gross, Robert Heinsohn
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Information content and acoustic structure of male African elephant social rumbles. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Until recently, the prevailing theory about male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) was that, once adult and sexually mature, males are solitary and targeted only at finding estrous females. While this is true during the state of ‘musth’ (a condition
Stoeger AS, Baotic A.
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African elephant status report 2007: an update from the African elephant database [PDF]
, 2007 The African Elephant Database is a spatial database used to store, manage, analyze and disseminate information on the distribution and abundance of elephant populations on the African continent, in order to provide a current and accurate picture of the status African elephants.
Julian J. Blanc +6 more
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