Land-use change is associated with multi-century loss of elephant ecosystems in Asia

S de Silva, T Wu, P Nyhus, A Weaver, A Thieme… - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Understanding historic patterns of land use and land cover change across large temporal
and spatial scales is critical for develo** effective biodiversity conservation management …

[PDF][PDF] Elephas maximus. The IUCN red list of threatened species 2020: E. T7140A45818198

C Williams, SK Tiwari, VR Goswami, S De Silva… - Retrieved, 2020 - asesg.org
While subspecies taxonomy of Elephas maximus has varied among authors, the most recent
treatment (Shoshani and Eisenberg 1982) recognizes three subspecies: E. m. indicus on the …

People's perceptions of elephant conservation and the human-elephant conflict in Aceh Jaya, Sumatra, Indonesia

A Abdullah, A Sayuti, H Hasanuddin, M Affan… - European Journal of …, 2019 - Springer
Human-elephant conflict (HEC) poses a major threat to elephants in many parts of Asia,
including Indonesia. This paper presents data from a case study on HEC in Aceh, Sumatra …

Between a rock and a hard place: Rugged terrain features and human disturbance affect behaviour and habitat use of Sumatran elephants in Aceh, Sumatra …

G Wilson, RJ Gray, R Radinal, H Hasanuddin… - Biodiversity and …, 2021 - Springer
Asian elephants are threatened throughout their range due to habitat loss, fragmentation,
and conflict with humans. Limited data on spatial and temporal use of habitats in largely …

Precipitation, vegetation productivity, and human impacts control home range size of elephants in dryland systems in northern Namibia

L Benitez, JW Kilian, G Wittemyer… - Ecology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Climatic variability, resource availability, and anthropogenic impacts heavily influence an
animal's home range. This makes home range size an effective metric for understanding …

Predicting indirect effects of transportation network expansion on Asian elephants: Implications for environmental impact assessments

C Huang, X Li, W Hu, X Jiang - Biotropica, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The rapid proliferation of transportation networks (TNs) threatens the viability of species with
wide geographic ranges via habitat fragmentation, road kill, and indirect socio‐ecological …

Landscape characteristics influence ranging behavior of Asian elephants at the human-wildlands interface in Myanmar

AN Chan, G Wittemyer, J McEvoy, AC Williams… - Movement Ecology, 2022 - Springer
Context Asian elephant numbers are declining across much of their range driven largely by
serious threats from land use change resulting in habitat loss and fragmentation. Myanmar …

Urban expansion and infrastructure development reduce habitat suitability for Asian elephants in southwestern China

Y Chen, L Atzeni, L Gibson, Y Sun… - The Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Conservation interventions for threatened species must be based on accurate assessments
of the effects of anthropogenic pressures on habitat suitability. We used multiscale …

Proboscideans on parade: A review of the migratory behaviour of elephants, mammoths, and mastodons

WJ Bonhof, AJE Pryor - Quaternary Science Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The ecology and behaviour of woolly and Columbian mammoths and mastodons have been
extensively studied. Despite this, their patterns of mobility, and particularly the question of …

[HTML][HTML] Home range and habitat utilization of gaur (Bos gaurus) in transition zone between protected forest and human-dominated landscape, Eastern Thailand

U Prayoon, W Suksavate, A Chaiyes, P Paansri… - Global Ecology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Understanding the spatial ecology of an animal is crucial for its conservation and
management, particularly for threatened species. The gaur (Bos gaurus), globally classified …