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Refers to the terms of reference and summarizes the discussion of the Ground Survey Working Group chaired by Raman Sukumar. The differences between the surveys carried out in the regions were noted, the decision making steps taken before the survey was ...
Elephant African
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Two main working groups, one focused on human-elephant conflict and the other on trade and illegal hunting, were convened and each divided into sub-groups to discuss specific aspects of the theme.
Elephant African
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Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants [PDF]
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are imperiled by poaching and habitat loss. Despite global attention to the plight of elephants, their population sizes and trends are uncertain or unknown over much of Africa.
Michael J. Chase +13 more
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South Africa has seen a recent increase in the number of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) maintained in reserves and parks and managed in free contact, where they may spend a significant amount of time in close proximity to humans.
Zoë T. Rossman +3 more
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Habitat conversion intensifies human elephant conflicts in the Eastern Wildlife Corridor, Ghana
Ghana was ranged by fairly large herds of elephants up until the 1970s (Douglas-Hamilton 1979). At one time elephants were found throughout the country but, as elsewhere on the continent, elephant habitat contracted during the 20th century.
Joseph Kwasi Binlinla
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An early record of a sandfly feeding on an amphibian is that of Hewlett (1913, Indian J. med. Res. 1: 34-38) who wrote "I have twice seen a sandfly apparently biting the head of the common toad Bufo melanostictus".
H. H Braack +3 more
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Background Previous phylogenetic analyses of African elephants have included limited numbers of forest elephant samples. A large-scale assessment of mitochondrial DNA diversity in forest elephant populations here reveals a more complex evolutionary ...
Curran Bryan +7 more
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Management interventions are necessary to control elephant numbers within fenced wildlife reserves in South Africa. Use of non-lethal control methods is increasing, but information about their suitability and effects are not widely available.
Marion E. Garaï +6 more
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African Elephant Specialist Group report/Rapport du Groupe des Specialistes des Éléphants d'Afrique
Reviews recent AfESG activities and programme implementation including: publication (both hardcover and online) of the 2002 edition of the African Elephant Status Report (formerly the African Elephant Database); dissemination of the 'Guidelines for the
Holly Dublin
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