Do fences create an edge-effect on the movement patterns of a highly mobile mega-herbivore?

Biological Conservation

Volumn 143, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 2631-2637

  Vanak, Abi Tamim ^a   Thaker, Maria ^a   Slotow, Rob ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

African elephant; Barriers; Ecosystem engineer; Habitat selection; Loxodonta africana; Movement metrics

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BARRIER (EQUIPMENT); ECOSYSTEM ENGINEERING; EDGE EFFECT; ELEPHANT; GPS; HABITAT CONSERVATION; HABITAT FRAGMENTATION; HABITAT SELECTION; HERBIVORE; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; MOVEMENT; NATIONAL PARK;

NORTH WEST PROVINCE; PILANESBERG NATIONAL PARK; SOUTH AFRICA;

ANIMALIA; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 77956881578     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2010.07.005     Document Type: Article

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