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The elephant debate deals largely with population size, how elephant numbers change over time, how they may affect vegetation, and how their populations should be managed. Trends in elephant numbers frequently motivate ...

Patterns of invertebrate species richness and body size across elevational gradients have been well-documented in a variety of studies. However, very little is known about the factors that govern these patterns along ...

The systematic status and geographic distribution of spiny mice of the genus Acomys I. Geoffroy, 1838 in northern Tanzania is uncertain. This study assesses the systematic and geographic distribution of Acomys from northern ...

African mole-rats (Bathyergidae) exhibit a wide range of social structures ranging from solitary to eusocial. This allows for studies looking at links between sociality and measurable characteristics such as spatial learning ...

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Alien freshwater crayfish have been translocated into regions outside their native range causing negative impacts on biodiversity and human well-being. These negative impacts have necessitated the need to control and manage ...

This study investigated variation in activity, relative abundance, and body condition of Blasius’s horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus blasii) in relation to temperature, season, rainfall, and wind speed across seven years at the ...

Ground pangolins Smutsia temminckii are inconspicuous, mainly nocturnal mammals that occur at low population densities. As a result, there is scant information available on the ecology and physiology of this species. To ...

Pollination is an essential ecosystem service, increasing reproductive success of many crops, which can be provided by managed pollinators, wild bees (including honeybees) and other insect pollinators. However, the pollination ...