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Ecology and Evolution, Volume 16, Issue 8, August 2026.Infant survival of wild Verreaux's sifakas was impacted by different cumulative indices of early adversities. Of the single factors, maternal loss, large group size and the absence of an older sibling decreased the odds of survival across the lifespan. Adversities early in life have persistent negative long‐term effects on survival.
Claudia Fichtel, Peter M. Kappeler
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Elephant space use and habitat selection change across drought timescales
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 8, Page 1464-1475, August 2026.Drought threatens wildlife worldwide, but little is known about wildlife behaviour during drought. This study combines 19 years of elephant GPS data with drought conditions at three timescales. Key findings include that elephants (i) move less during drought at a 1‐month timescale and (ii) change habitat selection across drought timescales.
Irene Bouwman +5 more
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Understanding mammal avoidance of human settlements
Journal of Animal Ecology, Volume 95, Issue 8, Page 1504-1517, August 2026.Terrestrial mammals often avoid human settlements, but is this a result of human activity around buildings or the built infrastructure per se? Using data on animal movement before and during the COVID‐19 lockdowns, this paper disentangles these effects, showing how changes in human mobility affect animals' avoidance of buildings. Abstract Anthropogenic
Jonathan R. Potts +75 more
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Preliminary data on forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis) in southwestern Nigeria
Pachyderm, 2009 Elephant numbers in Nigeria have decreased greatly and the rate of this decline cannot be established owing to the insufficiency of available data. The number of forest elephants in particular is especially difficult to determine because of the dense ...
Rachel Ikemeh
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Tree Climbing in African Lions and Leopards
African Journal of Ecology, Volume 64, Issue 6, August 2026.ABSTRACT Tree climbing has been documented in most felids, but patterns, correlates, and possible functions of this behaviour are not well documented for all species, including the African lion. Using a comparative behavioural ecology approach and drawing on opportunistic field observations from multiple sites in northern Tanzania, I used Bayesian ...
Christian Kiffner
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Status of African baobab (Adansonia digitata) across Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe
Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2014 An assessment was done to determine the abundance and structure of baobab (Adansonia digitata) across Gonarezhou National Park, Zimbabwe. Baobabs were sampled on fifteen belt transects of constant width of 300 m with fifteen baobabs in each belt transect
C Mashapa +5 more
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Odontoma in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
Journal of the South African Veterinary Association, 1990 The first known case of an odontoma in an African elephant (Loxodonta africana) is described. The tumour was fused with the coronal cementum of the sixth right mandibular molar tooth, thus preventing its eruption.
E J, Raubenheimer +3 more
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Perceived costs as drivers of wildlife management preferences in rural Tanzanian communities
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Effectively managing human–wildlife interactions is crucial for fostering coexistence on shared landscapes. Management options are most effective when aligned with the preferences of people directly affected by wildlife, yet little is known about how socioecological factors influence these preferences.
Christian Kiffner +10 more
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Lectin histochemistry of the temporal gland of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana).
Histology and histopathology, 2010 The study demonstrates the free sugar spectrum of the secretion of the tubuloaveolar temporal gland of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana), using lectin histochemistry. In the elephant, the spectrum contained, besides strongly varying amounts of α-D-mannose, very remarkable reactions for α-D-galactose and to a certain extent also for α-D-N-acetyl-
Meyer, W., Weissengruber, G., Busche, R.
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Exploring legal‐ and health‐risk messaging to reduce demand for elephant skin
Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 4, August 2026.Abstract Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) are poached for an illegal trade in their skins, which are used in traditional medicine in Africa and Asia. We explored whether messages about the legal and health risks of using elephant skin for medicinal purposes (stomach illness) could reduce such consumption.
Beilu Duan +10 more
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