Importance of old bulls: leaders and followers in collective movements of all-male groups in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana)
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-70682-y
Abstract: In long-lived social species, older individuals can provide fitness benefits to their groupmates through the imparting of ecological knowledge. Research in this area has largely focused on females in matrilineal societies where, for example, older… read more here.
Keywords: african savannah; collective movements; elephants loxodonta; savannah elephants ... See more keywords
Movement patterns of forest elephants ( Loxodonta cyclotis Matschie, 1900) in the Odzala‐Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo
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DOI: 10.1111/aje.12695
Abstract: The fieldwork was financed by African Parks. We are grateful to the Congolese wildlife authorities (Ministere de l'Economie Forestiere et de l'Environnement) for the permission to carry out this study, and we are deeply indebted… read more here.
Keywords: forest elephants; elephants loxodonta; movement patterns; loxodonta cyclotis ... See more keywords
Abundance, density, and social structure of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) in a human-modified landscape in southwestern Gabon
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0231832
Abstract: Population monitoring is critical to effective conservation, but forest living taxa can be difficult to directly observe. This has been true of African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis), for which we have limited information regarding population… read more here.
Keywords: forest elephants; elephants loxodonta; density; african forest ... See more keywords