Will elephants soon disappear from West African savannahs?

Precipitous declines in Africa's native fauna and flora are recognized, but few comprehensive records of these changes have been compiled. Here, we present population trends for African elephants in the 6,213,000 km² Sudano-Sahelian range of West and Central Africa assessed through the analysis...

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Main Authors: Philippe Bouché, Iain Douglas-Hamilton, George Wittemyer, Aimé J Nianogo, Jean-Louis Doucet, Philippe Lejeune, Cédric Vermeulen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3120750?pdf=render