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Despite Potential Risks African Elephants Do Not Always Avoid Mountaineering

Ecology and Evolution
As herbivores forage, they move across a wide range of topographical features. Yet, they tend to avoid terrain such as steep slopes where energetic costs of movement are high and there is a greater risk of falls and tumbles.
Justine M. Teixeira, Rickert van derWesthuizen, Adrian M. Shrader   +2 more
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Male African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) Behavioral Responses to Estrous Call Playbacks May Inform Conservation Management Tools. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2022
O'Connell-Rodwell CE, Sandri MN, Berezin JL, Munevar JM, Kinzley C, Wood JD, Wiśniewska M, Kilian JW.   +7 more
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Acoustic cues to individuality in wild male adult African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Wierucka K, Henley MD, Mumby HS.
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1KSA Loxodonta africana species card

This species card displays the sequencing output of Loxodonta africana (African savanna elephant) from the 1KSA project. 
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Status and distribution of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in Eastern Africa [PDF]

Computational Ecology and Software
This review aims to illustrate the status and distribution of African elephant in Eastern Africa. The source of data for this review was secondary data including published articles, books, Master theses, PhD dissertations and unpublished literatures. The
Aster Arefaine Gebrehiwet, Gebre Gidey Weldeabzgi   +1 more
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Treatment and Outcomes of Tusk Fractures in Managed African Savanna and Asian Elephants (Loxodonta africana and Elephas maximus) across Five Continents. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2022
Rose JB, Leeds A, Yang LM, LeMont R, Fayette MA, Proudfoot JS, Bowman MR, Woody A, Oosterhuis J, Fagan DA.   +9 more
europepmc   +1 more source

The skull and mandible of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana).

The Onderstepoort journal of veterinary research, 1996
In the present study the bones of the skull, excluding the hyoid apparatus, are described. All the bones are aerated by sinuses. In the occipital bone the squamous part is aerated from the sinus of the parietal bone, the lateral part is aerated from the tympanic bulla and the basal part from the sinus of the basisphenoid bone.
Van der Merwe, N.J., Bezuidenhout, A.J. (Abraham Johannes), 1942-, Seegers, Christine D.   +2 more
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Comparison of African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) fatty acid profiles in whole blood, whole blood dried on blood spot cards, serum, and plasma. [PDF]

PeerJ, 2021
Wood J, Minter LJ, Bibus D, Stoskopf MK, Fellner V, Ange-van Heugten K.   +5 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Anticipatory Behaviors and Vocal Expression in a Group of Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)

Animal vocalizations convey motivational and affective properties. Using passive acoustic monitoring and behavioral observations, this study investigated the relationship between vocal communication and anticipatory behaviors within a group of captive ...
Rios, Matthew B.
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Loxodonta africana

, 2014
This fact sheet discusses the African Elephant Conservation Fund. In 1988, the United States Congress enacted the African Elephant Conservation Act to establish a fund to help protect, conserve, and manage African elephants.

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