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Influence of Wildlife Crop Raiding on Subsistence Farmers' Food Security Adjacent to Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South Africa

open access: yesConservation & Society, 2021
Worldwide, subsistence farmers have expressed concerns about food shortage due to crop raiding by wildlife. We investigated the effects of crop-raiding on homestead food security of subsistence farmers on the edge of the Hluhluwe Game Reserve, South ...
Tlou D Raphela, Neville Pillay
doaj   +1 more source

Nature and extent of human-elephant conflict in Bia Conservation Area, Ghana

open access: yesPachyderm, 2005
During the 2004 rainy season the nature and extent of human-elephant conflict focused on crop raiding and damage was investigated in and around Bia Conservation Area (comprised of two forest areas Bia NP and Bia Resource Reserve to the south of the ...
Sam, Kofi   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agricultural land use change drives crop-raiding of Asian elephants in a human-elephant conflict zone in Thailand

open access: yesGlobal Ecology and Conservation
Elephants often make trade-offs between crop-raiding and risk avoidance in response to land use and land cover change. Here, we investigated seasonal and temporal drivers of crop-raiding patterns of Asian elephants surrounding Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife ...
Naparat Suttidate   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Using Geographical Information System to predict primate crop raiding in Peninsular Malaysia. [PDF]

open access: green, 2009
Crop raiding is one of the main primate-human conflicts in Malaysia. In this study, a Geographic Information System (GIS) to predict primate crop raiding susceptibility was developed using land use types and estimated macaque populations as the ...
Nor Rasidah Hashim   +2 more
openalex   +3 more sources

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

open access: yesJurnal 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   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Population estimate of elephants in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest

open access: yesPachyderm, 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
doaj   +1 more source

Elephant problem in the Mungo Division, Littoral Province (Cameroon)

open access: yesPachyderm, 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
doaj   +1 more source

The use of audio playback to deter crop‐raiding Asian elephants [PDF]

open access: yesWildlife Society Bulletin, 2016
ABSTRACT Human–elephant conflict (HEC) and poaching are the foremost threats to the survival of elephants (African, Loxodonta africana ; Asian, Elephas maximus ) in their natural ...
Wijayagunawardane, MPB   +7 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Gut Microbe‐Driven Resistance Mechanisms in Propylea Japonica: Insights from Horizontal Gene Transfer and Oxidative Phosphorylation

open access: yesAdvanced Science, EarlyView.
Acinetobacter regulates dinotefuran tolerance in Propylea japonica by mediating the expression of the horizontally transferred gene PjDUF1. Abstract Insect–microbial symbiont relationships are widespread in nature and often involve lateral gene transfer.
Ningbo HuangFu   +10 more
wiley   +1 more source

Conflict of Interest Between People and Baboons: Crop Raiding in Uganda [PDF]

open access: yesInternational Journal of Primatology, 2000
Much has been written about insect damage to standing crops, but an area that has received little attention within agricultural development, conservation, and primatological literature is that of primates and the potential damage they can cause to farmers' fields.
openaire   +2 more sources

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