Fruit Availability Influences Forest Elephant Habitat Use in a Human Dominated Landscape, Campo-Ma’an, Southern Cameroon
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DOI: 10.1177/19400829221117053
Abstract: Background and Research Aim African forest elephants (Loxodonta cyclotis) are critically endangered yet research on factors influencing their resource use is limited in Central Africa. We assessed the influence of fruit availability, land use types,… read more here.
Keywords: habitat use; availability; fruit availability; forest elephant ... See more keywords
Ivory Coast without ivory: Massive extinction of African forest elephants in Côte d’Ivoire
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0232993
Abstract: In pre-colonial and colonial times Côte d’Ivoire probably hosted one of the largest elephant populations in West Africa, resulting in the country’s name Côte d’Ivoire (in English Ivory Coast) by French settlers. Numbers declined and… read more here.
Keywords: ivory coast; size; forest elephant; forest elephants ... See more keywords