Inactivity/sleep in two wild free-roaming African elephant matriarchs - Does large body size make elephants the shortest mammalian sleepers? by Nadine Gravett, Adhil Bhagwandin, Robert Sutcliffe, Kelly Landen, Michael J Chase, Oleg I Lyamin, Jerome M Siegel, Paul R Manger

“…The current study provides details of sleep (or inactivity) in two wild, free-roaming African elephant matriarchs studied in their natural habitat with remote monitoring using an actiwatch subcutaneously implanted in the trunk, a standard elephant collar equipped with a GPS system and gyroscope, and a portable weather station. …”
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From game camps to landscape conservation: The evolution and development of the Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa. by Michael R. Brett

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Comparison of African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) fatty acid profiles in whole blood, whole blood dried on blood spot cards, serum, and plasma by Jordan Wood, Larry J. Minter, Doug Bibus, Michael K. Stoskopf, Vivek Fellner, Kimberly Ange-van Heugten

Subjects: “…African elephant…”
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Short-read full-length 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing for characterisation of the respiratory bacteriome of captive and free-ranging African elephants (Loxodonta africana) by Lauren C. Martin, Michaela A. O’Hare, Giovanni Ghielmetti, David Twesigomwe, Tanya J. Kerr, Rachiel Gumbo, Peter E. Buss, Natasha Kitchin, Sian M. J. Hemmings, Michele A. Miller, Wynand J. Goosen

“…This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility of a modified 150 bp paired-end full-length 16S rRNA amplicon short-read sequencing technique on the Illumina iSeq 100 and 16S rRNA amplicon assembly workflow by utilising a standard mock microbial community and subsequently performing exploratory characterisation of captive (zoo) and free-ranging African elephant (Loxodonta africana) respiratory microbiota. …”
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Housing and Demographic Risk Factors Impacting Foot and Musculoskeletal Health in African Elephants [Loxodonta africana] and Asian Elephants [Elephas maximus] in North American Zoos. by Michele A Miller, Jennifer N Hogan, Cheryl L Meehan

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The role of environmental, structural and anthropogenic variables on underpass use by African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Tsavo Conservation Area by Michael Koskei, Joseph Kolowski, George Wittemyer, Fredrick Lala, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Benson Okita-Ouma

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Experts and elephants: local ecological knowledge predicts landscape use for a species involved in human-wildlife conflict by Erin K. Buchholtz, Lee A. Fitzgerald, Anna Songhurst, Graham P. McCulloch, Amanda L. Stronza

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Non-Invasive Assessment of Body Condition and Stress-Related Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolite Concentrations in African Elephants (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>) Roaming in Fynbos Vegetation by Elisabetta Carlin, Gabriella Teren, Andre Ganswindt

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Social and Seasonal Factors Contribute to Shifts in Male African Elephant (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>) Foraging and Activity Patterns in Kruger National Park, South Africa by Kara du Plessis, Stefanie Birgit Ganswindt, Henk Bertschinger, Bruce Crossey, Michelle Deborah Henley, Mmatsawela Ramahlo, André Ganswindt

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The Days and Nights of Zoo Elephants: Using Epidemiology to Better Understand Stereotypic Behavior of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Asian Elephants (Elephas maximus) in North American Zoos. by Brian J Greco, Cheryl L Meehan, Jen N Hogan, Katherine A Leighty, Jill Mellen, Georgia J Mason, Joy A Mench

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Effects of Positive Reinforcement Training and Novel Object Exposure on Salivary Cortisol Levels under Consideration of Individual Variation in Captive African Elephants (<i>Loxodonta africana</i>) by Susan Hambrecht, Ann-Kathrin Oerke, Michael Heistermann, Johannes Hartig, Paul W. Dierkes

“…The objective of the present study was to determine whether positive reinforcement training (PRT) and exposure to a novel object (NOV) for enrichment induced a salivary cortisol response indicative of activation of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and which factors determine individual variation in this regard in captive African elephants. We repeatedly sampled the saliva of ten animals (three zoos) for the analysis of cortisol (SACort) before and up to 60 min (in 10–15 min intervals) after the onset of PRT (three repeats) or NOV (nine repeats), which lasted 10 min. …”
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Major P.J. Pretorius and the decimation of the Addo elephant herd in 1919-1920: important reassessments by M.T. Hoffman

Subjects: “…African elephant, Loxodonta africana, conservation, hunting, arid savanna, culling, ivory trade…”
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Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants by Michael J. Chase, Scott Schlossberg, Curtice R. Griffin, Philippe J.C. Bouché, Sintayehu W. Djene, Paul W. Elkan, Sam Ferreira, Falk Grossman, Edward Mtarima Kohi, Kelly Landen, Patrick Omondi, Alexis Peltier, S.A. Jeanetta Selier, Robert Sutcliffe

Subjects: “…African elephant…”
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Non-invasive assessment of the reproductive cycle in free-ranging female African elephants (<it>Loxodonta africana</it>) treated with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) vaccine for inducing anoestrus by Benavides Valades Gabriela, Ganswindt Andre, Annandale Henry, Schulman Martin L, Bertschinger Henk J

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Mining morphometrics and age from past survey photographs by Caitlin E. Black, Hannah S. Mumby, Michelle D. Henley

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Remote sensing of wildlife connectivity networks and priority locations for conservation in the Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor (SAGCOT) in Tanzania by Pablo Cisneros‐Araujo, Miguel Ramirez‐Lopez, Diego Juffe‐Bignoli, Rasmus Fensholt, Javier Muro, María C. Mateo‐Sánchez, Neil D. Burgess

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The importance of manual white blood cell differential counts and platelet estimates in elephant hematology: blood film review is essential by Tatiana C. Weisbrod, Ramiro Isaza, Carolyn Cray, Laurie Adler, Nicole I. Stacy

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A Comparative Genomic and Phylogenetic Investigation of the Xenobiotic Metabolism Enzymes of Cytochrome P450 in Elephants Shows Loss in CYP2E and CYP4A by Kanami Watanabe, Mitsuki Kondo, Yoshinori Ikenaka, Shouta M. M. Nakayama, Mayumi Ishizuka

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Vocal Creativity in Elephant Sound Production by Angela S. Stoeger, Anton Baotic, Gunnar Heilmann

Subjects: “…African elephants…”
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Evaluating machine learning-based elephant recognition in complex African landscapes using drone imagery by Chris McCarthy, Lumbani Benedicto Banda, Daud Jones Kachamba, Zuza Emmanuel Junior, Cornelius Chisambi, Ndaona Kumanga, Luciano Lawrence, Troy Sternberg

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