The influence of socioeconomic factors on the densities of high-value cross-border species, the African elephant.

ABSTRACT: Unprecedented poaching levels triggered by demand for ivory in Far East Asia are threatening the persistence of African elephant Loxodonta africana. Southern African countries make an important contribution to elephant conservation and could soon become the last stronghold of elephant conservation in Africa. While the ecological factors affecting elephant distribution and densities have extensively been accounted for, there is a need to understand which socioeconomic factors affect elephant numbers in order to prevent conflict over limited space and resources with humans. We used elephant count data from aerial surveys for seven years in a generalized linear model, which accounted for temporal correlation, to investigate the effect of six socioeconomic and ecological variables on th

SUBMITTER: Selier SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5088604 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature