Elephants in Tarangire
Tarangire National Park which covers an area of 2,600 sq km has a estimated elephant population of 2,319. Elephants are thought to have moved into the Park and the surrounding Lolkisale Game Controlled Area and Simanjaro Plains as a result of poaching and harassment in other areas. Poaching of the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IUCN
1990-12-01
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| Series: | Pachyderm |
| Online Access: | https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/702 |
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| Summary: | Tarangire National Park which covers an area of 2,600 sq km has a estimated elephant population of 2,319. Elephants are thought to have moved into the Park and the surrounding Lolkisale Game Controlled Area and Simanjaro Plains as a result of poaching and harassment in other areas. Poaching of the Tarangire populations was severe in the 1970's with a carcass ratio of 32% reported for 1977, but this had decreased to 6.7% by 1988. The study reports on the age and sex structure of the elephant population in the Tarangire ecosystem which as a whole covers approximately 20,500 sq km supporting a population of about 6,110.
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| ISSN: | 1026-2881 1683-5018 |