By Colorado State Univesity Human-elephant conflict is on the rise across Africa and is a major threat to wildlife conservation. Crops provide a highly nutritious food source, but elephants pursuing that source results in the destruction of farmer livelihoods, erodes...
By Shane C. Campbell-Station, Brian J. Arnold, Dominique Gonç`lves, Petter Granli, Joyce Poole, Ryan A. Long and Robert M. Pringle - Science Harvest and poaching of wildlife have increased as the human population and our technology have grown. These pressures now...
By Harry B. M. Wells, Ramiro D. Crego & Øystein H. Opedal, et al. - Journal of Animal Ecology Abstract 1. The extinction of 80% of megaherbivore (>1,000 kg) species towards the end of the Pleistocene altered vegetation structure, fire dynamics and nutrient...
By British Ecological Society / Phys.Org A study of semi-captive Asian elephants in Myanmar has found that calves benefit from having older sisters more than older brothers. The findings are published in the British Ecological Society's Journal of Animal Ecology....
By Wesley L. Hartmann, Vicki Fishlock, Alison Leslie Abstract Unmanned aerial vehicles, commonly known as drones, are increasingly used in ecological management, conservation and research. Numerous reviews on drones tout almost unlimited potential within the wildlife...
By Paule Dagenais, Sean Hensman, Valérie Haechler & Michel C. Milinkovitch - Current Biology Highlights -- Elephants evolved strategies reducing the biomechanical complexity of their trunk -- Object transport is achieved by propagating inward curvature from the...
By Christopher Beirne, Thomas M. Houslay, Peter Morkel, Connie J. Clark, Mike Fay, Joseph Okouyi, Lee J. T. White & John R. Poulsen - Scientific Reports Abstract The critically endangered African forest elephant (Loxodonta cyclotis) plays a vital role in...
By Uttara Mendiratta, Anand M. Osuri, Sarthak J. Shetty & Abishek Harihar AbstractArmed conflicts are a pervasive global threat, but their implications for wildlife conservation remain unclear. Using a 30-year spatial dataset of armed conflicts in conjunction with...
By Lee Hewitson and Sian Sullivan Abstract Namibia's internationally acclaimed CBNRM program depends to a large extent on revenues generated from the trophy hunting of wild animals. The model is an important example of an increasingly 'neoliberal' global policy...
By Africa Geographic Researchers working in the Kenya Long-term Enclosure Experiment have been monitoring the effects of the presence or absence of elephants and other wild herbivores and cattle on savanna ecosystems for 20 years, to understand the impact that each...