Scientific Publications

In Roman times, elephants roamed widely over most of Africa and Asia, probably linking up somewhere around Mesopotamia. Indeed, not very much earlier, the elephant tribe consisted of hundreds of species ranging even further afield, covering most of Europe

Encroaching human development into former wildlife areas [1] is compressing African elephants into ever smaller home ranges, causing increased levels of human– elephant conflict [2].

This thesis is about the patterns, determinants and consequences of human-elephant interaction in Laikipia District in northern Kenya.

The phenology of reproduction is often correlated with resource availability and is hypothesized to be shaped by selective forces in order to maximize lifetime reproductive success.

Understanding the behavioural decisions underlying animal movements is a major challenge. Here we report evidence for the importance of the abiotic terrain feature ‘gradient’ in guiding the movements of African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). Glo

The extent to which elephants hold behavioural traits in common with human beings is relevant to the ethics of how we treat them.

In many animal systems agonistic interactions may be rare or not overt, particularly where?such interactions are costly or of high risk as is common for large mammals.

Models of wildlife population dynamics are crucial for sustainable utilization and management strategies. Fluctuating ecological conditions are often key factors influencing both carrying capacity, mortality and reproductive rates in ungulates.

We use chronologies of stable isotopes measured from elephant (Loxodonta africana) hair to determine migration patterns and seasonal diet changes in elephants in and near Samburu National Reserve in northern Kenya.

We obtained fresh dung samples from 202 (133 mother-offspring pairs) savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Samburu, Kenya, and genotyped them at 20 microsatellite loci to assess genotyping success and errors.