The spatial structure of hunter access determines the local abundance of forest elephants (Loxodonta africana cyclotis)

Ecological Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1296-1307

  Yackulic, Charles B ^a,f   Strindberg, Samantha ^b   Maisels, Fiona ^b,c   Blake, Stephen ^b,d,e  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b WILDLIFE CONSERVATION SOCIETY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR ORNITHOLOGY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

^f PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; African forest elephant; Hunting; Loxodonta africana cyclotis; Range collapse; Roads; Wide ranging mammals

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; CORRELATION; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELEPHANT; EXTINCTION; FOREST ECOSYSTEM; HUNTING; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; RANGE EXPANSION; ROAD; SPATIAL ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; ELEPHANTS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; TREES;

AFRICA;

ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA CYCLOTIS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79958845128     PISSN: 10510761     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/09-1099.1     Document Type: Article

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