Crop damage by primates: quantifying the key parameters of crop-raiding events. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Human-wildlife conflict often arises from crop-raiding, and insights regarding which aspects of raiding events determine crop loss are essential when developing and evaluating deterrents. However, because accounts of crop-raiding behaviour are frequently
Graham E Wallace, Catherine M Hill
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Perceptions and realities of elephant crop raiding and mitigation methods [PDF]
Conservation Science and Practice, 2021 Crop raiding by African elephants (Loxodonta africana) jeopardizes human livelihoods and undermines conservation efforts. Addressing this issue is particularly important in subsistence farms adjacent to protected areas and requires assessing the ...
Christian Kiffner +10 more
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Environmental factors induced crop raiding by wild Asian elephant (Elephas maximus) in the Eastern Economic Corridor, Thailand [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 Crop raiding are an increasing concern in wildlife conservation. This study identified the environmental factors that cause wild Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) to enter sub-urban and rural areas and share resources with humans in the Eastern Economic ...
Maneepailin Wettasin +5 more
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Ecology of crop raiding elephants
Pachyderm, 1998 This three year monitoring study examined the ecology of bull elephants which raid crops in the area adjacent to Sengwa Wildlife Research Area (SWRA). The multi-disciplinary approach included information on human settlement patterns and socio-economic ...
Ferrel Osborn
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Crop diversity and susceptibility of crop fields to elephant raids in eastern Okavango Panhandle, northern Botswana [PDF]
Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Elephants frequently raid crops within their ranges in Africa and Asia. These raids can greatly impact agricultural productivity and food security for farmers.
Tiroyaone A. Matsika +7 more
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Treating crop-raiding elephants with aspirin
Pachyderm, 2002 In this opinion piece the author notes 'Most attempts to tackle cases of elephant crop raiding are searches for an effective palliative - an aspirin for that particular situation.' He suggests that the elephants (of course unless they are eliminated ...
Richard Barnes
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Do topography and fruit presence influence occurrence and intensity of crop-raiding by forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)? [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2019 Crop damage by forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) and the resulting human-elephant conflict are issues of great concern for both the conservation of the species and the protection of rural livelihoods in Central Africa.
Steeve Ngama +7 more
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Livestock predation, crop raiding, and community attitudes towards sustainable wildlife conservation in and around Mankira Forest, Southwest Ethiopia [PDF]
BMC Ecology and EvolutionCrop raiding and livestock predation negatively impact the views of the local community towards wildlife conservation. Farmers across the African continent, especially those in rural regions, incur financial losses as a result of crop raiding and ...
Birhanu Asaye +2 more
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Diversity, 2022 Human–elephant conflict is increasing across many parts of Asia and Africa. Mitigating elephant crop raiding has become a major focus of conservation intervention, however, many existing methods for tackling this problem are expensive and difficult to ...
Lydia N. Tiller +7 more
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Elephant crop-raiding and human–elephant conflict in Cambodia: crop selection and seasonal timings of raids [PDF]
Oryx, 2011 AbstractElephants are threatened globally by habitat loss, poaching and accelerating levels of human–elephant conflict. ForElephas maximusin Cambodia, crop raiding underlies this conflict. Understanding the timing of raids and selection of crops can help design locally appropriate mitigation and management strategies.
Webber, Catherine +3 more
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