Patterns of crop-raiding by elephants, Loxodonta africana, in Laikipia, Kenya, and the management of human-elephant conflict

Systematics and Biodiversity

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 435-445

  Graham, Maximilian D ^a,c   Notter, Benedikt ^b   Adams, William M ^c   Lee, Phyllis C ^d   Ochieng, Tobias Nyumba ^a  

^a Laikipia Elephant Project   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

African elephant; Conservation; Fences; GIS; Human animal conflict; Human elephant conflict; Kenya; Scale; Smallholder agriculture; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; LOXODONTA; LOXODONTA AFRICANA;

EID: 79959760457     PISSN: 14772000     EISSN: 14780933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14772000.2010.533716     Document Type: Conference Paper

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