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Identifying potential measures of stress and disturbance during a captive to wild African elephant reintegration

, 2023
Yolanda Pretorius, Tamara Eggeling, André Ganswindt   +2 more
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Osteohistology of two phorusrhacids reveals uninterrupted growth strategy

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Phorusrhacidae were apex predators that primarily dominated South America ecosystems for at least 40 million years with their imposing size and predatory lifestyle—yet some aspects of their biology remain poorly understood. Osteohistology is a tool for understanding growth dynamics and biomechanical adaptations.
Lotta Dreyer, Christian Cooper, Jingmai O'Connor   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Transition and conflict: patterns and drivers of human-elephant conflict in a changing pastoral landscape of northern Kenya

Pachyderm
Human-wildlife conflict (HEC) represents a major challenge for elephant conservation, as it not only fosters negative attitudes towards elephants, but also has socio-economic consequences, including loss of human lives, damage to property, and loss of ...
Lemayian K Leneuiyia, Robert J Smith, Juliet M King, Christopher Thouless, Harry F Williams, George Wittemyer, Paul Kokiro, Purity Milgo, Giacomo D'Ammando   +8 more
doaj  

All the King’s Horses, All the King’s Elephants: The Fates of Royal Animals in Nepal’s Post-Monarchy Period [PDF]

, 2018
In May of 2008, Nepal’s 240-year-old monarchy was legally dissolved. In the wake of this dissolution, the new interim government sought to replace royal institutions, procedures, and ceremonies with new, parallel processes.
Barnhart, Shaunna, Mocko, Anne
core   +1 more source

Elephant breakdown [PDF]

Nature, 2005
G A, Bradshaw, Allan N, Schore, Janine L, Brown, Joyce H, Poole, Cynthia J, Moss   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The Relationship Between the Growth of Leaves, Stems, and Roots of Elephant Foot Yam at Each Application of Bokashi and NPK Fertilizer

, 2023
Yusuf L. Limbongan
openalex   +2 more sources

Making it explicit – Sustained shared thinking dialogue as a way to explore children's perspectives on quality in German early childhood education and care

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract To negotiate quality in early childhood education and care, we must ask from different perspectives what constitutes a good centre for children. The children themselves have only recently been identified as a resource to contribute to that discussion.
Katrin Macha, Frauke Hildebrandt, Caroline Wronski, Jan Lonnemann, Mathias Urban   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Summation by Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus)

Behavioral Sciences, 2012
Recent empirical evidence for complex cognition in elephants suggests that greater attention to comparative studies between non-human primates and other animals is warranted.
Naoko Irie, Toshikazu Hasegawa
doaj   +1 more source

The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nutrient deficit rather than distance of farming activities from the boundary of protected areas drives crop raids by elephants

Ecology and Society
Human-wildlife conflicts resulting from the raiding of agricultural crops by elephants are among the major challenges affecting the conservation of this flagship species.
Lackson Chama, Stanford Mudenda Siachoono, Darius Phiri   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source