Path segmentation for beginners: an overview of current methods for detecting changes in animal movement patterns

H Edelhoff, J Signer, N Balkenhol - Movement ecology, 2016 - Springer
Increased availability of high-resolution movement data has led to the development of
numerous methods for studying changes in animal movement behavior. Path segmentation …

Ecological metrics and methods for GPS movement data

DP Seidel, E Dougherty, C Carlson… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The growing field of movement ecology uses high resolution movement data to analyze
animal behavior across multiple scales: from individual foraging decisions to population …

Temporal variation in resource selection of African elephants follows long‐term variability in resource availability

M Tsalyuk, W Kilian, B Reineking… - Ecological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The relationship between resource availability and wildlife movement patterns is pivotal to
understanding species behavior and ecology. Movement response to landscape variables …

Reproductive health assessment of female elephants in North American zoos and association of husbandry practices with reproductive dysfunction in African …

JL Brown, S Paris, NA Prado-Oviedo, CL Meehan… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
As part of a multi-institutional study of zoo elephant welfare, we evaluated female elephants
managed by zoos accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums and applied …

Elephant crop damage: Subsistence farmers' social vulnerability, livelihood sustainability and elephant conservation

VR Nyirenda, BA Nkhata, O Tembo, S Siamundele - Sustainability, 2018 - mdpi.com
African elephants (Loxodonta africana) induce considerable crop damage risks, shocks and
stresses on subsistence farmers at the wildlife-agriculture interface. In this study, we …

African elephants can detect water from natural and artificial sources via olfactory cues

M Wood, S Chamaillé-Jammes, A Hammerbacher… - Animal Cognition, 2022 - Springer
Water is vital for mammals. Yet, as ephemeral sources can be difficult to find, it raises the
question, how do mammals locate water? Elephants (Loxodonta africana) are water …

Lessons on the community conservancy model for wildlife protection in Namibia

M Wenborn, MS Svensson, S Katupa… - The Journal of …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
The growing human population in Africa is putting increasing pressure on habitats and
wildlife outside of protected areas. The wildlife conservancy model in Namibia empowers …

Spatiotemporal distribution dynamics of elephants in response to density, rainfall, rivers and fire in Kruger National Park, South Africa

S MacFadyen, C Hui, PH Verburg… - Diversity and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Aim African elephants are ecosystem engineers. As such, their long‐term patterns of
distribution and abundance (ie, space‐use intensity) will influence ecosystem structure and …

Seeing science: using graphics to communicate research

M Perra, T Brinkman - Ecosphere, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Proper science communication is quickly becoming a professional imperative in ecology, but
many researchers are not practiced in diverse and effective communication strategies …

Climate Change and anthropogenic factors are influencing the loss of habitats and Emerging Human–Elephant conflict in the Namib Desert

M Shiweda, F Shivute, AR Sales, MJ Pereira - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Climate change and anthropogenic factors' impact on habitat loss is a growing problem that
is influencing unsustainable wildlife local-population home range shifts and triggering an …