8 April 2021
Human footprint and protected areas shape elephant range across Africa
By Jake Wall, George Wittemyer, Brian Klinkenberg, Valerie LeMay, Stephen Blake, Samantha Strindberg, Michelle Henley, Fritz Vollrath, Fiona Maisels, Jelle Ferwerda and Iain Douglas-Hamilton – Current Biology •229 African elephants were tracked across forest, Sahel, savanna, and bushveld sites •Protected areas and the human footprint both constrain elephant range size •62% of the African continent is potential elephant habit, of...