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The Chemical Ecology of Elephants: 21st Century Additions to Our Understanding and Future Outlooks.
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- Knowledge transmission, culture and the consequences of social disruption in wild elephants.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2025Pooled it
- Elephant gestural communication during agonistic interactions: repertoire, intentionality, and goals.Animal cognition · 2026Article
- Investigating intentionality in elephant gestural communication.Royal Society open science · 2025Article
- Multimodal communication and audience directedness in the greeting behaviour of semi-captive African savannah elephants.Communications biology · 2024Article
- Asian elephants distinguish sexual status and identity of unfamiliar elephants using urinary odours.Biology letters · 2023Article
- Testing the Effectiveness of the "Smelly" Elephant Repellent in Controlled Experiments in Semi-Captive Asian and African Savanna Elephants.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2023Article
- The deterrent effects of individual monoterpene odours on the dietary decisions of African elephants.Animal cognition · 2023Article
- Hormonal variation and temporal dynamics of musth in Asian elephants (Conservation physiology · 2023Article
- An odorant-binding protein in the elephant's trunk is finely tuned to sex pheromone (Z)-7-dodecenyl acetate.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Sound Visualization Demonstrates Velopharyngeal Coupling and Complex Spectral Variability in Asian Elephants.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Social Behavior and Group Formation in Male Asian Elephants (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Male African Elephant (Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- Acknowledging the Relevance of Elephant Sensory Perception to Human-Elephant Conflict Mitigation.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Review
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Abstract
Chemical signals are the oldest and most ubiquitous means of mediating intra- and interspecific interactions. The three extant species of elephants, the Asian elephant and the two African species, savanna and forest share sociobiological patterns in which chemical signals play a vital role. Elephants emit secretions and excretions and display behaviors that reveal the importance of odors in their interactions. In this review, we begin with a brief introduction of research in elephant chemical ecology leading up to the 21st century, and then we summarize the body of work that has built upon it and occurred in the last c. 20 years. The 21st century has expanded our understanding on elephant chemical ecology, revealing their use of odors to detect potential threats and make dietary choices. Furthermore, complementary in situ and ex situ studies have allowed the careful observations of captive elephants to be extended to fieldwork involving their wild counterparts. While important advances have been made in the 21st century, further work should investigate the roles of chemical signaling in elephants and how these signals interact with other sensory modalities. All three elephant species are threatened with extinction, and we suggest that chemical ecology can be applied for targeted conservation efforts.
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