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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
core   +1 more source

Determinants of human–elephant conflict in a land‐use mosaic [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 1999
Summary1. The resolution of direct conflict between humans and elephants in Africa has become a serious local political issue in recent years, and a continental conservation problem. ‘Problem elephants’ damage crops, food stores and water sources, and sometimes threaten human life.2. Eighty per cent of the African elephant's range lies outside formally
openaire   +1 more source

Exploring consumer preferences for wild meat and other animal proteins in Gamba, Gabon: Implications for conservation and management of natural resources alongside extractive industry

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The town of Gamba in southwest Gabon represents an exceptional example of how the development of an extractive industry (in this case oil production) may impact wild meat consumption in an area of global importance for biodiversity. Studies in the 1990s identified an active wild meat trade; however, no studies have been undertaken since, and ...
James McNamara, Landry Tchignoumba, Gabriel Koumba, Ghislain Guissouegou, Anna Feistner   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Digital surveillance of animals and nature recovery

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Digital surveillance technologies (DSTs) are widely applied in nature recovery for their potential to generate novel data on species and ecosystems through digital tracking, automation (e.g. from hazardous locations) and from newly recruited citizen scientists.
William M. Adams
wiley   +1 more source

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

Biocultural conservation as an alternative pathway for conservation: A case study of the Inclusive Conservation Initiative in northern Kenya

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to conserve 30% of the planet by 2030, yet mounting evidence indicates that current methods for preventing biodiversity loss are insufficient and often intensify unjust conditions for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Natalie D. L. York, William Naimado, Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, Mali Ole Kaunga, Joseph Larpei, Victorlyn Mukiri, Judy Oreheya, Vivian Silole, Johan A. Oldekop   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

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

Simulated elephant foraging alters tree root exudation rates: Species‐specific responses and implications for belowground carbon dynamics in tropical forests

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Asian elephants play crucial roles in ecosystem functioning, and their interactions with plants influence above‐ and belowground carbon cycling. We tested whether their mechanically destructive foraging triggers short‐term, stress‐induced shifts in tree root exudation, an underappreciated pathway linking herbivory to belowground carbon processes.
Pratibha Khatri, Bimal Sharma, Lisa Ong, Ahimsa Campos‐Arceiz   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acknowledging the Relevance of Elephant Sensory Perception to Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2022
Ball R, Jacobson SL, Rudolph MS, Trapani M, Plotnik JM.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source