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Selected Recent Literature on Elephants [PDF]

open access: yes, 1977
Selected bibliograph covering references from 1975 - mid ...
Editors, Elephant
core   +2 more sources

Harnessing iEcology data to uncover invasive species behaviour

open access: yesMethods in Ecology and Evolution, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 1022-1031, April 2026.
Abstract Invasive animal species threaten ecosystems, biodiversity and human livelihoods. Behavioural traits such as boldness, exploratory tendencies, learning ability and social interactions are known to influence invasion success. Yet these behavioural traits remain underexplored due to challenges in observing behaviour across large spatial and ...
Peter Mikula   +22 more
wiley   +1 more source

Elephant trunk tip musculature reflects species differences in grasping behavior

open access: yesCommunications Biology
Elephants use their trunks, muscular hydrostats, to perform a plethora of tasks. Trunk tip morphology as well as grasping behavior differ between elephant species.
Lennart Eigen   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Concentrations of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites in Asian elephant's dung are stable for up to 8 h in a tropical environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The use of faecal glucocorticoid metabolites (fGCMs) has facilitated the development of non-invasive methods to study physiological conditions of endangered wildlife populations.
Edwards   +9 more
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Elephas maximus Linnaeus 1758

open access: yes, 1993
Elephas maximus Linnaeus, 1758. Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:33. TYPE LOCALITY: "Zeylonae" [Sri Lanka]. DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh, Burma, China, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam. STATUS: CITES - Appendix I; U.S. ESA and IUCN - Endangered.
openaire   +2 more sources

Elephant barrier behaviors in response to conflict mitigation fences

open access: yesConservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 2, April 2026.
Abstract Human–wildlife conflict is a major conservation issue, particularly in lower income countries, where it affects marginalized people and leads to the extirpation of threatened species. Managers increasingly use fences to reduce this conflict but lack evidence on the effectiveness of these barriers, especially on whether this reduces the number ...
Dominique Gonçalves   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) Discriminate Between Familiar and Unfamiliar Human Visual and Olfactory Cues

open access: yesAnimal Behavior and Cognition, 2018
Social animals use individual identity cues to form and maintain social relationships with conspecifics. This ability to discriminate between individuals extends to heterospecifics in some social mammals.
Emily J. Polla   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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

open access: yes, 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.   +6 more
core   +2 more sources

Economic benefits of biodiversity corridors: A cross‐sectional study of households in the Central Annamite Landscape, Vietnam

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, Volume 8, Issue 4, April 2026.
Abstract Biodiversity corridors aim to reconnect fragmented habitats and protected areas, yet their impact on landowners varies and requires assessment. In the Central Annamite Landscape, Vietnam, initiatives like Payment for Forest Environment Services (PFES) for watershed protection, forest restoration, and non‐timber forest product development ...
Van Tri Tin Nguyen   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

近40年来亚洲象在西双版纳的分布变迁

open access: yes野生动物学报, 1999
日前,亚洲象(Elephas maximus)在我国仅见于云南南部及西南部的热带森林中,约在21°10′24°45′N.97°13′101°45′E之间。主要生活在热带雨林和亚热带季雨林的复合类型之沟谷.山地及稀树草原地带.以类芦 ...
吴金亮   +4 more
doaj  

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