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African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) as an example of a herbivore making movement choices based on nutritional needs [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 Background The increasing human population and global intensification of agriculture have had a major impact on the world’s natural ecosystems and caused devastating effects on populations of mega-herbivores such as the African savanna elephants, through
Fiona Sach +4 more
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Preliminary survey of forest elephant crossings in Sangha Trinational Park, central Africa
Pachyderm, 2007 Wildlife corridors between protected areas play a critical role in maintaining genetic flow between increasingly isolated populations of many species. The importance of wildlife corridors for African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) has been well ...
Karen Weinbaum +3 more
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Complete mitochondrial genome and phylogeny of Pleistocene mammoth Mammuthus primigenius. [PDF]
PLoS Biology, 2006 Phylogenetic relationships between the extinct woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius), and the Asian (Elephas maximus) and African savanna (Loxodonta africana) elephants remain unresolved. Here, we report the sequence of the complete mitochondrial genome
Evgeny I Rogaev +6 more
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Elephants and riparian woodland changes in the Linyanti region, northern Botswana
Pachyderm, 2010 The decline of woodlands as a result of elephant disturbance is of much concern for biodiversity conservation in Africa. Northern Botswana supports the largest elephant (Loxodonta africana) population and highest local density levels near rivers during ...
Gabriella Teren, Norman Owen-Smith
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, 2011 1. African Savanna Elephant Loxodonta africana French: Eléphant de savane / German: Afrikanischer Savannenelefant / Spanish: Elefante de sabana Taxonomy. Elephas africanus Blumenbach, 1797, Orange River, South Africa. No subspecies are currently delineated, though size, appearance, and ivory vary regionally. Previously, the African Forest (L. cyclotis)
Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier
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A pathological condition in elephant dentition
Pachyderm, 2017 Growth of molars in the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is redescribed as background for a pathological dental condition reported from four elephants in Kenya, one in Zimbabwe (where other cases have been seen) and 84 in Uganda. Apparently chronic
Ian Parker
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Habituation to Auditory Stimuli by Captive African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) [PDF]
Animal Behavior and Cognition, 2015 Habituation is a major concern for the development of effective, long-term human-wildlife conflict mitigation and zoo enrichment programs. Elephants are cognitive species that exhibit many types of learning, such as associative, social, and insight ...
Sarah E. Goodyear, Bruce A. Schulte
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Journal of Applied Animal Research, 2023 This study evaluated the proximate and mineral composition of various parts of Balanites aegyptiaca, Mitragyna inermis, Cassia sieberiena, Kigelia africana, Detarium microcarpum, Terminalia laxiflora, Ficus platyphylla and Climber plant (Liana) as feeds ...
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, 2005 Loxodonta africana (Blumenbach 1797) [Elephas] africana Blumenbach 1797, Handb. Naturgesch., 5th ed.: 125. Type Locality: Restricted to the Orange River, South Africa by Pohle (1926; see Allen, 1939). Vernacular Names: African Bush Elephant. Synonyms: Loxodonta angolensis Frade 1928; Loxodonta berbericus Seurat 1930; Loxodonta capensis (G. Cuvier 1798);
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Two-choice discrimination learning in African elephants (Loxodonta africana)
Pachyderm, 2013 A study of two-choice discrimination learning across 22 pattern pairs was conducted with three African elephants (Loxodonta africana) at the Atlanta/Fulton County Zoo with rates of acquisition and retention observed to be similar to those earlier ...
Charles Hyatt
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