Aerial elephant count in the Shimba Hills ecosystem, Kenya

Conducted by helicopter in the Shimba Hills ecosystem in August 1997 a one day wet season count observed 464 elephant, and served to verify the estimated 412 obtained through dung counts. 150 of the animals were in Mwaluganje Forest, giving a density of 6 elephant per sq km in this area. The po...

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Main Author: Moses Litoroh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IUCN 2002-06-01
Series:Pachyderm
Online Access:https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/1086
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