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Land use transition and its driving mechanisms in China’s human-elephant conflict areas [PDF]

Ziyuan Kexue
[Objective] In the context of increasing conflicts between humans and Asian elephants, this study aims to elucidate the characteristics and driving mechanisms of land use transition in conflict areas and explore the mutual feedback relationship between ...
WANG Yuan, WANG Yahui, YANG Aoxi, FAN Hui, XIE Fei
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Counting cases, conserving species: addressing highly pathogenic avian influenza in wildlife

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) has become a critical threat to wildlife, shifting from a seasonal epizootic to a persistent, year‐round panzootic with global consequences. Here, we summarise the origin, evolutionary mechanisms, and expanding host range of the current H5N1 virus (clade 2.3.4.4b) and assess its impact on wildlife. Over
Ulrich Knief, Sandra Bouwhuis, Anja Globig, Anne Günther, Wouter Courtens   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Elephant in the Room: Methods, Challenges and Concerns in the Monitoring of Asian Elephant Populations

, 2020
Increasing anthropogenic pressures has led to the fragmentation of Asian elephant habitats, affecting their numbers, demography and ranging patterns across their range. Baseline information on the demography and population dynamics of free-ranging Asian
Anand Kumar, Mavatur, Sinha, Anindya, Vijayakrishnan, Sreedhar   +2 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source

Seeing the Elephant

, 2013
In the fable by Rumi, six blind men seeking information as to what an elephant looks like, lays their hands on a different part of the animal’s body and based on the evidence deduce that the elephant is like the part that they are touching.

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Social Behavior and Group Formation in Male Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus): The Effects of Age and Musth in Wild and Zoo-Housed Animals

Animals, 2022
Asian elephants are endangered, and the long-term viability of the species depends on integrative approaches to address the sustainability of in-situ and ex-situ populations.
Chase A. LaDue, Rajnish P. G. Vandercone, Wendy K. Kiso, Elizabeth W. Freeman   +3 more
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Astragalus ecomorphology in Quaternary elephantids

Journal of Quaternary Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The astragalus plays a fundamental role in the graviportal locomotion of proboscideans, reflecting the biomechanical constraints imposed by large body masses. This study analyses the morphological variability of the astragalus in Quaternary elephantids using linear biometry and 3D geometric morphometrics, incorporating an unpublished ...
Darío Fidalgo, Palmira Saladié, Josep Valverdú, Antonio Pineda, Rosa Huguet, Joan Madurell‐Malapeira, Antonio Rosas   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Development of FTIR spectral library for the identification of Asian elephant ivory: an innovative approach in wildlife forensics

Discover Applied Sciences
The illegal ivory trade remains a prime threat to elephant populations. Identification of ivory is crucial for combating illicit ivory trading. Studies have demonstrated that FTIR spectroscopy is one of the most suitable techniques for identifying ivory ...
Shinta Ann Jose, Kalaiyarasan Boopathy Thiyagarajan, Subhashree Ganesan, Bala Amarnath Chandrasekaran, Chanthini Baskar, Rajinder Singh, Dhayanithi Vasantha Kumari, M.G. Ganesan, A. Udhayan   +8 more
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Partial recovery of large seed arrival following ecological restoration in fragmented tropical rainforests

Oikos, EarlyView.
Forest restoration success depends crucially on the reinitiation of ecological processes such as seed arrival that drive natural regeneration. We know little about whether, by increasing and diversifying local seed sources to alleviate seed limitation, and attracting animal frugivores to alleviate dispersal limitation, restoration could shift seed ...
Aparna Krishnan, Jyotsna Nag, S. Arun, Divya Mudappa, T. R. Shankar Raman, Mahesh Sankaran, Anand M. Osuri   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Intangible drivers of tolerance shape human–elephant coexistence in Southwest China

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Southwest China is home to a small but rapidly expanding population of Asian elephants (Elephas maximus), whose growth has intensified conflicts with people living in shared landscapes. These conflicts result in substantial economic losses and occasional human casualties. This coexistence paradox—where conservation success leads to significant
Xiaoyu Yu, Bin Wang, Liping Wang, Fei Chen, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source