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Social networks in African elephants
Computational and Mathematical Organization Theory, 2008Some of the most highly social animals-including elephants, and some primates, cetaceans, and social carnivores-live in "fission-fusion" societies where social groups divide and re-form over the course of hours, days, or weeks. These societies are thought to respond adaptively to changes in the physical and social environment, and are thus ideal for ...
Eric A. Vance +2 more
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Structure of African Elephant Populations
Journal of Heredity, 1995The structure of elephant populations from east and south Africa has been analyzed by Georgiadis et al. (1994) on the basis of restriction site variation of mitochondrial DNA. They used F statistics based on identity by descent in tests for subdivision and reached the conclusion that there was a significant differentiation at the continental level, but
Siegismund, H R, Arctander, P
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CITES and the African Elephant
2003Probably the most contentious issue that has arisen within the scope of the Convention on the International Trade in Endangered Species of Flora and Fauna (CITES) is that of the ivory trade. This article considers the status of the African elephant (loxodonta africana) under CITES and suggests that CITES has failed the elephant.
Michael Kidd, Michael Cowling
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CITES and the African Elephant
Chinese Journal of Environmental Law, 2020Abstract This article focuses on the impact of the ban of international trade of the ivory of the African elephant under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. This species is overpopulated in some countries and threatened in other countries.
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Parturition and Related Behaviour in the African Elephant
Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 1975AbstractThe behaviour of a female African elephant before and after parturition was observed and photographed in the Isiolo Game Reserve, Kenya. Birth was very rapid (not actually seen). Post‐partum activity was characterized by intensive care‐giving behaviour in which a few other animals co‐operated with the mother.
W, Leuthold, B M, Leuthold
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Legal ivory trade in a corrupt world and its impact on African elephant populations
Conservation Biology, 2015E. Bennett
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Prolonged drought results in starvation of African elephant (Loxodonta africana)
, 2016Yussuf A. Wato +5 more
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