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Well-Being Impacts of Human-Elephant Conflict in Khumaga, Botswana: Exploring Visible and Hidden Dimensions

Conservation & Society, 2017
High densities of wild African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) combined with widespread human land-use have increased human-elephant conflict in northern Botswana. Visible impacts (e.g. crop/property damage, injury/fatality) of elephants on human
Allison L Mayberry, Alice J Hovorka, Kate E Evans   +2 more
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Vision-Based Elephant Behavior and Posture Recognition for Early Human–Elephant Conflict Mitigation [PDF]

ITM Web of Conferences
Human–Elephant Conflict (HEC) has become a major socio-environmental issue in India and other Asian countries due to deforestation, agricultural expansion, infrastructure development, and increasing human presence in elephant habitats.
Madhav Varma K., Dewraja Mrinmoy, Prapul Kumar M., Barnes Samuel M., Reshni S.   +4 more
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Timber, cocoa, and crop-raiding elephants: a preliminary study from southern Ghana

Pachyderm, 1995
Reviews the economics associated land use changes in the area initially related to logging and more recently to cocoa and other agricultural crops, which have caused disruption to elephant populations and increased human-elephant conflict in southern ...
Richard Barnes, Sylvester Azika, B. Asamoah-Boateng   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Human–Wildlife Conflict and Gender in Protected Area Borderlands: A Case Study of Costs, Perceptions, and Vulnerabilities from Uttarakhand (Uttaranchal), India

, 2008
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is a growing problem for communities located at the borders of protected areas. Such conflicts commonly take place as crop-raiding events and as attack by wild animals, among other forms. This paper uses a feminist political
Ogra, Monica V.
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A Composite Genome Approach to Identify Phylogenetically Informative Data from Next-Generation Sequencing

, 2014
We have developed a novel method to rapidly obtain homologous genomic data for phylogenetics directly from next-generation sequencing reads without the use of a reference genome.
Cartwright, Reed A., Harkins, Kelly, Schwartz, Rachel S., Stone, Anne C.   +3 more
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Attempted DNA extraction from a Rancho La Brea Columbian mammoth (Mammuthus columbi): prospects for ancient DNA from asphalt deposits. [PDF]

, 2014
Fossil-bearing asphalt deposits are an understudied and potentially significant source of ancient DNA. Previous attempts to extract DNA from skeletons preserved at the Rancho La Brea tar pits in Los Angeles, California, have proven unsuccessful, but it ...
Farrell, Aisling B, Gold, David A, Harris, John M, Jacobs, David K, Robinson, Jacqueline, Thalmann, Olaf   +5 more
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Impacts Of Changes in Vegetation Structure on Elephant Habitat and Relationship to Human Conflict

, 2023
Xichun Yuan
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Land cover change and its impact on human–elephant conflict: a case from Fashiakhali forest reserve in Bangladesh [PDF]

, 2021
Mohammad Maruf Billah, Md. Masudur Rahman, Joynal Abedin, Humaira Akter   +3 more
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African Elephant Specialist Group report/ Rapport du Groupe des Specialistes des Elephants d'Afrique

Pachyderm, 2000
Reviews activities of the AfESG and associated programmes/projects related to elephant management/conservation, including development of the national elephant stategy for Ghana, the anticipation of additional national programmes, and the possibility ...
Holly Dublin
doaj   +1 more source

Elephant Scar Prevalence in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya: Echoes of Human-Elephant Conflict. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Von Hagen L, LaDue CA, Schulte BA.
europepmc   +1 more source