Studying Elephants

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Acknowledgements

List of Contributors

Introduction

Chapter 1. The African Elephant - Joyce Poole

SECTION 1: ELEPHANT MANAGEMENT

Chapter 2. Making Management Decisions from Data - Holly Dublin & Russell Taylor

SECTION 2: COUNTING ELEPHANTS

Chapter 3. Counting Elephants from the Air - Sample Counts - Susan Mbugua

Chapter 4. Counting Elephants from the Air - Total Counts - lain Douglas-Hamilton

Chapter 5. Estimating Forest Elephant Abundance by Dung Counts - Richard Barnes

Chapter 6. Direct Counts of Elephants from the Ground - Hugo Jachmann

SECTION 3: STUDYING POPULATIONS

Chapter 7. Getting to know a Population - Cynthia Moss

Chapter 8. Studying Elephant Movements - Ian Whyte

Chapter 9. Studying Elephant - Habitat Interactions - Keith Lindsay

Chapter 10. Studying the Behaviour of Elephants - Phyllis Lee

SECTION 4: DEVELOPING RESEARCH TECHNIQUES

Chapter 11. Studying Vocal Communication in Elephants - Karen McComb

Chapter 12. Satellite Tracking of Elephants - Chris Thouless

Chapter 13. Studying the Reproductive Physiology of Elephants - Hamisi Mutinda

Chapter 14. What We Can Learn from Tusks - Nioroge Ngure

SECTION 5: ELEPHANTS IN THEIR HUMAN CONTEXT

Chapter 15. Assessing the Impact of Human-Elephant Interactions - Kadzo Kangwana

Chapter 16. Monitoring Law Enforcement and Illegal Activities - Nigel Leader-Williams

SECTION 6: HANDLING ELEPHANTS

Chapter 17. How to Immobilise Elephants - Chris Thouless

Chapter 18. Collecting Data from Dead Elephants - Ian Whyte