A lovely series illustrating the man-elephant "conflict".
Elephant in the room Key References: Goswami et al. (in press). Dynamic Occupancy Models Provide a Mechanistic Understanding of Human–Wildlife Conflict. Goswami, V. R., Sridhara, S., Medhi, K., Williams, A. C., Chellam, R., Nichols, J. D., Oli, M. K. (2014). Community-managed forests and wildlife-friendly agriculture play a subsidiary but not substitutive role to protected areas for the endangered Asian elephant. Biological Conservation, 177: 74-81. Goswami, V. R., Vasudev, D., Oli, M. K. (2014). The importance of conflict-induced mortality for conservation planning in areas of human–elephant co-occurrence. Biological Conservation, 176: 191-198. Kumar, M. A and Ganesh, R. (2012). Human-elephant coexistence: community involvement in conflict resolution in a land–use mosaic of the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India. NCF technical report No: 19, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. Kumar, M. A., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. R. S. (2010). Asian elephant Elephas maximus habitat use and ranging in fragmented rainforest and plantations in the Anamalai Hills, India. Tropical Conservation Science Vol. 3 (2)143-158.
Elephant in the room Key References: Goswami et al. (in press). Dynamic Occupancy Models Provide a Mechanistic Understanding of Human–Wildlife Conflict. Goswami, V. R., Sridhara, S., Medhi, K., Williams, A. C., Chellam, R., Nichols, J. D., Oli, M. K. (2014). Community-managed forests and wildlife-friendly agriculture play a subsidiary but not substitutive role to protected areas for the endangered Asian elephant. Biological Conservation, 177: 74-81. Goswami, V. R., Vasudev, D., Oli, M. K. (2014). The importance of conflict-induced mortality for conservation planning in areas of human–elephant co-occurrence. Biological Conservation, 176: 191-198. Kumar, M. A and Ganesh, R. (2012). Human-elephant coexistence: community involvement in conflict resolution in a land–use mosaic of the Anamalai hills, Western Ghats, India. NCF technical report No: 19, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore. Kumar, M. A., Mudappa, D., Raman, T. R. S. (2010). Asian elephant Elephas maximus habitat use and ranging in fragmented rainforest and plantations in the Anamalai Hills, India. Tropical Conservation Science Vol. 3 (2)143-158.
wonderful read,
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