Beehive fence deters crop-raiding elephants

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 131-137

  King, Lucy E ^a,b   Lawrence, Anna ^a   Douglas Hamilton, Iain ^a,b   Vollrath, Fritz ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

Author keywords

African elephants; Beekeeping; Behaviour; Crop raiding; Deterrents; Human elephant conflict

Indexed keywords

BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; ELEPHANT; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HONEYBEE; PREDATION; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; TESTING METHOD;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

APIS MELLIFERA; APIS MELLIFERA SCUTELLATA; APOIDEA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 66749168770     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2009.01114.x     Document Type: Article

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