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- Title
Acknowledging the Relevance of Elephant Sensory Perception to Human–Elephant Conflict Mitigation.
- Authors
Ball, Robbie; Jacobson, Sarah L.; Rudolph, Matthew S.; Trapani, Miranda; Plotnik, Joshua M.
- Abstract
Keywords: elephants; sensory perception; human-elephant conflict; olfaction; audition; conservation EN elephants sensory perception human-elephant conflict olfaction audition conservation N.PAG N.PAG 17 04/26/22 20220415 NES 220415 1. Here, with a focus on elephants, we briefly highlight what we know about elephant olfactory and acoustic perception and then outline how such knowledge can better inform the human-elephant conflict in Asia and Africa. Considering the importance of olfactory cues for social signaling in elephants, another promising direction for impacting elephant decision making may be to manipulate the presentation of social chemicals to deter elephants from particular areas (see Ref. [[75]] for more discussion). Introduction The three extant species of elephant - the Asian elephant, I Elephas maximus, i the African savanna elephant, I Loxodonta africana, i and the African forest elephant, I L. cyclotis i - represent some of the largest remaining megafauna in the modern age. In this paper, however, we focus only on the elephants' olfactory and auditory senses (the most widely studied modalities in elephants) as examples for readers to understand the importance of considering the "elephant perspective" in conflict mitigation.
- Subjects
SENSORY perception; ELEPHANTS; ODORS; FOOD consumption; AUDITORY masking; ASIATIC elephant; PLASTIC marine debris; WILDLIFE conservation
- Publication
Animals (2076-2615), 2022, Vol 12, Issue 8, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2076-2615
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/ani12081018