African elephants use plant odours to make foraging decisions across multiple spatial scales
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DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2018.04.016
Abstract: The National Research Foundation of South Africa (grant numbers: 90448, 90691, 97262, & 77582) and the Gay Langmuir Bursary from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, School of Life Sciences. read more here.
Keywords: african elephants; odours make; plant odours; use plant ... See more keywords
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) display remarkable olfactory acuity in human scent matching to sample performance
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DOI: 10.1016/j.applanim.2017.12.004
Abstract: Abstract This paper presents data on the success rate of African elephants in human scent matching to sample performance. Working with equipment and protocols similar to those used in the training of forensic canine units… read more here.
Keywords: human scent; matching sample; african elephants; scent ... See more keywords
Orphaning stunts growth in wild African elephants
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/coac053
Abstract: Orphans of several species suffer social and physiological consequences such as receiving more aggression from conspecifics and lower survival. One physiological consequence of orphaning, stunted growth, has been identified in both humans and chimpanzees,… read more here.
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Being stressed outside the park—conservation of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Namibia
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DOI: 10.1093/conphys/cox067
Abstract: Human–wildlife interactions are of pressing concern for conservation biologists. We show that African elephants are chronically stressed, have smaller group sizes and may have lower calf recruitment outside of a protected area compared to inside.… read more here.
Keywords: african elephants; outside park; conservation african; conservation ... See more keywords
Seasonality of reproduction in Asian elephants Elephas maximus and African elephants Loxodonta africana: underlying photoperiodic cueing?
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DOI: 10.1111/mam.12133
Abstract: 1. Animals in seasonal environments often rely on photoperiodicity to time their reproduction. Elephants have a gestation length of approximately two years and a historical geographic distribution including higher latitudes than at present, so the… read more here.
Keywords: african elephants; reproduction; asian elephants; free ranging ... See more keywords
The role of volatile plant secondary metabolites as pre‐ingestive cues and potential toxins dictating diet selection by African elephants
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DOI: 10.1111/oik.06665
Abstract: Understanding the factors driving diet selection represents one of the main thrusts of contemporary foraging ecology. Many studies have focussed on nutritional factors and anti‐nutritional factors (such as tannins) that may describe diet selection of… read more here.
Keywords: nutritional factors; african elephants; selection african; diet selection ... See more keywords
Primary Infection May Be an Underlying Factor Contributing to Lethal Hemorrhagic Disease Caused by Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus 3 in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana)
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DOI: 10.1128/spectrum.00983-21
Abstract: Prior to 2019, only five cases of clinical disease from EEHV infection among African elephants had been documented. Since 2019, there have been at least seven EEHV-HD cases in North American zoos, resulting in three… read more here.
Keywords: elephant endotheliotropic; eehv; african elephants; infection ... See more keywords
Contagious Yawning in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana): Responses to Other Elephants and Familiar Humans
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DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00252
Abstract: While spontaneous yawning is common across all vertebrate classes, contagious yawning is less common and has been observed only in a few species of social animals. Interspecific contagious yawning in response to yawning by humans… read more here.
Keywords: intraspecific contagious; african elephants; yawning african; contagious yawning ... See more keywords
Behavioural variability among captive African elephants in the use of the trunk while feeding
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DOI: 10.7717/peerj.9678
Abstract: The Proboscideans, an order of mammals including elephants, are the largest of the Earth lands animals. One probable consequence of the rapid increase of their body size is the development of the trunk, a multitask… read more here.
Keywords: african elephants; among captive; variability among; trunk ... See more keywords