Animal-borne sensors as a biologically informed lens on a changing climate

D Ellis-Soto, M Wikelski, W Jetz - Nature Climate Change, 2023 - nature.com
As climate change transforms the biosphere, more comprehensive and biologically relevant
measurements of changing conditions are needed. Traditional climate measurements are …

Feedback loops between 3D vegetation structure and ecological functions of animals

NJ Russo, AB Davies, RV Blakey, EM Ordway… - Ecology …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Ecosystems function in a series of feedback loops that can change or maintain vegetation
structure. Vegetation structure influences the ecological niche space available to animals …

Large‐scale movement patterns in a social vulture are influenced by seasonality, sex, and breeding region

J Morant, E Arrondo, JA Sánchez‐Zapata… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Quantifying space use and segregation, as well as the extrinsic and intrinsic factors affecting
them, is crucial to increase our knowledge of species‐specific movement ecology and to …

Factors influencing the habitat suitability of wild Asian elephants and their implications for human–elephant conflict in Myanmar

ZM Thant, P Leimgruber, AC Williams, ZM Oo… - Global Ecology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Anthropogenic disturbances are key factors affecting the distribution and ranging behaviour
of wild elephants. Such disturbances exaggerate threats to the survival and population …

Identifying stationary phases in multivariate time series for highlighting behavioural modes and home range settlements

R Patin, MP Etienne, E Lebarbier… - Journal of Animal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Recent advances in biologging open promising perspectives in the study of animal
movements at numerous scales. It is now possible to record time series of animal locations …

Temporal non-stationarity of path-selection movement models and connectivity: an example of African Elephants in Kruger National Park

Ż Kaszta, SA Cushman, R Slotow - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Effective conservation and land management require robust understanding of how
landscape features spatially and temporally affect population distribution, abundance and …

Anatomical, physiological, and behavioral mechanisms of thermoregulation in elephants

A Domínguez-Oliva, MD Ghezzi… - Journal of Animal …, 2022 - jabbnet.com
Elephants use different thermoregulatory mechanisms that depend on the anatomical and
morphological characteristics of the species. The crevices and wrinkles of the skin enhance …

Seasonal range fidelity of a megaherbivore in response to environmental change

R Burton-Roberts, LS Cordes, R Slotow, AT Vanak… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
For large herbivores living in highly dynamic environments, maintaining range fidelity has
the potential to facilitate the exploitation of predictable resources while minimising energy …

Habitat suitability analysis in a natural peat swamp forest on Sumatran elephants using remote sensing and GIS

M Rendana, WM Razi Idris, S Abdul Rahim… - Forest Science and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Context It is essential to assess the suitable habitat for elephants in order to mitigate the
effects of forest fragmentation on conservation. Aims This study aimed to estimate the …

Using camera trap bycatch data to assess habitat use and the influence of human activity on African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Kasungu National Park …

RS Davis, LK Gentle, WO Mgoola, EL Stone, A Uzal… - Mammalian …, 2023 - Springer
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) are increasingly exposed to high levels of human
disturbance and are threatened by poaching and human–elephant conflict. As …