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Sensorized objects used to quantitatively study distal grasping in the African elephant. [PDF]

iScience, 2023
Lo Preti M, Beccai L.
europepmc   +1 more source

From foraging to decomposition: Large vertebrates as biotic drivers of trace element cycling across landscapes

Journal of Animal Ecology, EarlyView.
We highlight an overlooked pathway in ecosystem functioning: the role of animal carcass decomposition in trace element cycling. By linking animal life cycles to landscape‐scale processes, we explain how large animals redistribute scarce elements and influence spatial heterogeneity, with implications for ecosystem functioning and restoration.
Elke Wenting, Henk Siepel, Elisabeth S. Bakker, Michael S. Strickland, Laurel Lynch, Harry Olde Venterink, Philip S. Barton   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recumbence Behavior in Zoo Elephants: Determination of Patterns and Frequency of Recumbent Rest and Associated Environmental and Social Factors.

PLoS ONE, 2016
Resting behaviors are an essential component of animal welfare but have received little attention in zoological research. African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) and Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) rest includes recumbent postures, but no large ...
Matthew R Holdgate, Cheryl L Meehan, Jennifer N Hogan, Lance J Miller, Jeff Rushen, Anne Marie de Passillé, Joseph Soltis, Jeff Andrews, David J Shepherdson   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identifying potential measures of stress and disturbance during a captive to wild African elephant reintegration. [PDF]

PLoS One, 2023
Pretorius Y, Eggeling T, Ganswindt A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Conceptual colour: race, economic knowledge, and the anthropology of financialization De la couleur comme concept : race, connaissances économiques et anthropologie de la financiarisation

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Economic anthropologists now carry out fieldwork in settings for which the ethnographic method was never designed, amongst powerful financial actors who are notoriously difficult to access, and in contexts which transcend geographical boundaries. This has engendered a re‐orientation of anthropology, to consider not only the economic lives of people but
Kimberly Chong
wiley   +1 more source

Differences in Mother-Infant Bond and Social Behavior of African Elephant Calves Living In Situ and Ex Situ. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Hoerner F, Rendle-Worthington J, Lawrenz A, Oerke AK, Damerau K, Borragán Santos S, Hard T, Preisfeld G.   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Animal translations: AI and the intelligibility of non‐human worlds Traduire l'animal : l'IA et l'intelligibilité des mondes non humains

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
Amid the general sense of worry that large language models will soon drown out human voices, some researchers are optimistic that machine learning will allow humans to listen to and understand animal voices to an unprecedented extent. As part of a broader project aimed at interspecies communication, a loosely connected set of animal behaviourists, AI ...
Courtney Handman
wiley   +1 more source

African Elephant Milk Short Saccharide and Metabolite Composition and Their Changes over Lactation. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Osthoff G, Wiese I, Deacon F.
europepmc   +1 more source

The role of the Eastern Mediterranean in human evolution: recent results from Greece Le rôle du Bassin méditerranéen oriental dans l’évolution humaine : résultats récents en Grèce

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, EarlyView.
The Eastern Mediterranean lies directly on the principal migration route for human groups dispersing across Africa, Europe, and Asia. It also encompasses the Balkans, where fauna and flora, as well as hominin populations, are thought to have persisted through glacial periods.
Katerina Harvati
wiley   +1 more source

Social support correlates with glucocorticoid concentrations in wild African elephant orphans. [PDF]

Commun Biol, 2022
Parker JM, Brown JL, Hobbs NT, Boisseau NP, Letitiya D, Douglas-Hamilton I, Wittemyer G.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source