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Susceptibility of Cultivated Plants to Sumatran Elephant (Elephas maxi,us sumatranus) in The Human Elephants Conflict Area in Aceh Province

Jurnal Manajemen Hutan Tropika, 2016
Study on human-elephant conflict was conducted in Aceh Province in August 2013-April 2014 to assess susceptibility of farms by crop raiding elephants. The locations were determined by selected areas impacted by elephant conflict incuding Cot Girek, Mane,
Kaniwa Berliani, Hadi Sukadi Alikodra, Burhanuddin Masy'ud, Mirza Dikari Kusrini   +3 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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Population estimate of elephants in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest

Pachyderm, 2000
This 1996 study was undertaken to determine the change in the elephant population in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest since a 1991 survey had estimated 78 to 90 animals occupied the area.
Paul Muoria
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Elephant problem in the Mungo Division, Littoral Province (Cameroon)

Pachyderm, 1997
Results of a questionnnaire survey, involving 100 interviewees from 19 villages, and a dung survey in the Mungo Division provided insight into the seasonal migration patterns, density and distribution of elephants in the area and well as a better ...
Atanga Ekobo
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Spatial‐environmental predictors of crop raiding and livestock predation in the communal area around Doma Safari Area of Zimbabwe

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Mapping hotspots of negative human–wildlife interactions and understanding environmental drivers of crop raiding and livestock predation risk provide a foundation to work towards coexistence between people and wildlife. In this study, the binomial linear
Knowledge Kudakwashe Mawere, Ronex Nyamadzawo, Henry Ndaimani, Mhosisi Masocha, Mark Zvidzai, Nobesuthu Ngwenya, Courage Mutema   +6 more
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Assessing How Collaborative Resource Management Impacts Victims’ Perspectives on Wildlife Crop Raids

Journal of Natural Resources and Development, 2018
Collaborative resource management has been touted as one of the ways conservation of wildlife resources can be improved, especially in off-protected areas.
Nana Owusu-Ansah
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Functional relationship between crop raiding by the savannah elephant and habitat variables of the Red Volta Valley in north-eastern Ghana

Pachyderm, 2012
We investigated the degree to which crop raiding by elephants in the Red Volta Valley is a function of: the density and diversity of their natural browse, extent of degradation of their habitat, and proximity of crop enclaves to the nearest forest ...
Patrick Adjewodah, William Oduro, Alex Asase   +2 more
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A nationwide survey of crop-raiding by elephants and other species in Gabon

Pachyderm, 1996
Gabon harbours one of the largest elephant populations in Africa, and since subsistence agriculture is practised near the forest edges crop raiding by elephants as well as other wild animal species is common.
Sally Lahm
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Are crop fields pharmacies for megaherbivores? From ecophysiological studies of elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) crop raiders in Gabon

Ecological Solutions and Evidence
Damage to crops is a major cause of human–elephant conflict (HEC) in elephant range states. Elephant crop raiding drives farmers' resentment against elephants and reduces local community support for wildlife conservation.
Steeve Ngama, Jerome Bindelle, Janine L. Brown, John R. Poulsen, Jean‐Luc Hornick, Annick Linden, Lisa Korte, Jean‐Louis Doucet, Stephen Paris, Monique Bouanga Banfoui epse Ngama, Mireille Bawe Johnson, Auguste Ndoutoume Ndong, Jacques François Mavoungou, Philippe Lejeune, Cédric Vermeulen   +14 more
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Patterns of crop rading by wild ungulates and elephants in Ramnagar Forest Division, Uttarakhand

Human-Wildlife Interactions, 2017
Crop raiding is a major form of human–wildlife conflict that not only affects livelihoods of farmers living close to forest areas but also jeopardizes the objective of wildlife conservation.
Ankur Kumar, Harendra Singh Bargali, Ashish David, Advait Edgaonkar   +3 more
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