Beehive fence deters crop-raiding elephants
Previous work has shown that African elephants Loxodonta africana will avoid African honeybees Apis mellifera scutellata. Here we present results from a pilot study conducted to evaluate the concept of using beehives to mitigate elephant crop depredation. In Laikipia, Kenya, we deployed a 90-m fence...
Những tác giả chính: | King, L, Lawrence, A, Douglas-Hamilton, I, Vollrath, F |
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Định dạng: | Journal article |
Ngôn ngữ: | English |
Được phát hành: |
Wiley
2009
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