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Musth in female Asian Elephant

Zoos' Print Journal, 2003
1202 According to the census carried out in May 2002, Similipal forests (20o17'-22o34'N; 85o40'-87o10'E) of Orissa, harbour 512 elephants consisting of 96 males, 283 females, 133 juveniles and calves, and five whose sex could not be identified. Only one makhna, the tusk-less male, was in the record.
Debabrata Swain, L.A.K. Singh
openaire   +1 more source

The potential effect of megafaunal extinctions on modern conservation of horse chestnut Aesculus hippocastanum

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Many plant species worldwide are struggling to regenerate due to the ongoing effects of climate change. These effects appear to be further exacerbated by the loss of keystone megafauna, which were important seed dispersers. By identifying the traits commonly seen in seeds spread by modern elephants, it is possible to predict which species likely ...
Andrew J. Tighe
wiley   +1 more source

Clinical health issues, reproductive hormones, and metabolic hormones associated with gut microbiome structure in African and Asian elephants

Animal Microbiome, 2021
Background The gut microbiome is important to immune health, metabolism, and hormone regulation. Understanding host–microbiome relationships in captive animals may lead to mediating long term health issues common in captive animals.
Mia M. Keady, Natalia Prado, Haw Chuan Lim, Janine Brown, Steve Paris, Carly R. Muletz-Wolz   +5 more
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The Gut Microbiota of Young Asian Elephants with Different Milk-Containing Diets

Animals, 2023
Evaluating the association between milk-containing diets and the microbiomes of young Asian elephants could assist establishing optimal breast milk supplementation to improve offspring survival rates. The microbiomes of young Asian elephants on different
Chengbo Zhang, Junmin Chen, Qian Wu, Bo Xu, Zunxi Huang   +4 more
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Initial Findings on Visual Acuity Thresholds in an African Elephant (\u3cem\u3eLoxodonta africana\u3c/em\u3e) [PDF]

, 2010
There are only a few published examinations of elephant visual acuity. All involved Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) and found visual acuity to be between 8′ and 11′ of arc for a stimulus near the tip of the trunk, equivalent to a 0.50 cm gap, at a ...
Dale, Robert H.I., Milankow King, Barbara, Peterson, Jeff, Shyan-Norwalt, Melissa R., Staggs, Timothy E.   +4 more
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Deep learning‐based ecological analysis of camera trap images is impacted by training data quality and quantity

Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, EarlyView.
Machine learning image classifiers are increasingly being used to automate camera trap image labelling, but we don't know how much ML model accuracy matters for downstream ecological analyses. Using two large data sets from an African savannah and an Asian dry forest ecosystem, we compared human labelled data with predictions from deep‐learning models ...
Peggy A. Bevan, Omiros Pantazis, Holly A.I. Pringle, Guilherme Braga Ferreira, Daniel J. Ingram, Emily K. Madsen, Liam Thomas, Dol Raj Thanet, Thakur Silwal, Santosh Rayamajhi, Gabriel J. Brostow, Oisin Mac Aodha, Kate E. Jones   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomics Reveals Distinct Evolutionary Lineages in Asian Elephants

Ecology and Evolution
This study introduces, for the first time, whole‐genome sequencing (WGS) data from predominantly wild‐born Asian elephants currently housed in European zoos, covering the distribution range of Asian elephants.
Jeroen Kappelhof, Emma Diepeveen, Martijn F. L. Derks, Ole Madsen, Rebekah Rogers, Benoit Goossens, Reeta Sharma, Martien A. M. Groenen, Jack J. Windig, Mirte Bosse   +9 more
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Multi-scale habitat selection and constraints of a small Asian elephant population in Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve, China

Global Ecology and Conservation
The Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) populations in Yunnan Nangunhe National Nature Reserve (NNNR) represents the smallest known population in China and geographically isolated from other Asian elephant populations, potentially leading to their gradual ...
Jingshan Wang, Xu Li, Wenguang Duan, Yuan Tian, Ruobing Han, Dehuai Meng, Weibin Wang, Dusu Wen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Foot pressure distributions during walking in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]

, 2016
Elephants, the largest living land mammals, have evolved a specialized foot morphology to help reduce locomotor pressures while supporting their large body mass.
Clemente, Christofer J., Day, Madeleine, Hensman, Michael C., Hensman, Sean, Hutchinson, John R., Panagiotopoulou, Olga, Pataky, Todd C.   +6 more
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Den attendance by Arctic foxes experiencing 10 years of increasing tourism

Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Wildlife tourism is a growing industry, and an increasing number of people seek to observe and interact with wild animals in their natural surroundings. In Iceland, the native Arctic fox Vulpes lagopus is widespread and has been under heavy hunting pressure for centuries.
Ester Rut Unnsteinsdóttir, Borgný Katrínardóttir, Bruce J. McAdam   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source