Elephant Scar Prevalence in the Kasigau Wildlife Corridor, Kenya: Echoes of Human-Elephant Conflict

Human–elephant conflict (HEC) compromises crop security and threatens elephant conservation. Most commonly, HEC manifests as crop-foraging as elephants modify natural foraging strategies to incorporate crops. Farmers may retaliate by frightening or harming elephants, leaving scars from inflicted wou...

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Published in:	Animals
Main Authors:	Lynn Von Hagen, Chase A. LaDue, Bruce A. Schulte
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2023-02-01
Subjects:	African savanna elephant conservation crop-foraging human–wildlife conflict human–wildlife interactions <i>Loxodonta africana</i>
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/13/4/605

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