The movement of African elephants in a human-dominated land-use mosaic

Animal Conservation

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 445-455

  Graham, M D ^a   Douglas Hamilton, I ^b   Adams, W M ^a   Lee, P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b SAVE THE ELEPHANTS   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African elephant; Connectivity; GPS tracking; Human elephant conflict; Land use mosaic; Ranging behaviour; Risk management

Indexed keywords

ELEPHANT; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HOME RANGE; HUMAN ACTIVITY; LAND USE; LAND USE PLANNING; MORTALITY; MOVEMENT; PERSISTENCE; PROTECTED AREA; RADIOTELEMETRY; REFUGIUM; SPATIAL VARIATION;

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

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 70349600905     PISSN: 13679430     EISSN: 14691795     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-1795.2009.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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