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ArticleAnimals : an open access journal from MDPI2023

Testing the Effectiveness of the "Smelly" Elephant Repellent in Controlled Experiments in Semi-Captive Asian and African Savanna Elephants.

Marion R Robertson, Lisa J Olivier, John Roberts, Laddawan Yonthantham, Constance Banda, Innocent B N'gombwa, Rachel Dale, Lydia N Tiller

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Marion R RobertsonWildAid, 220 Montgomery Street #1200, San Francisco, CA 94104, USA.
Lisa J OlivierGame Rangers International, Plot 2374, The Village, Leopards Hill Road, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.ORCID 0000-0003-4896-4717
John RobertsGolden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, 229 Moo 1, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai 57150, Thailand.
Laddawan YonthanthamGolden Triangle Asian Elephant Foundation, 229 Moo 1, Chiang Saen, Chiang Rai 57150, Thailand.
Constance BandaGame Rangers International, Plot 2374, The Village, Leopards Hill Road, Lusaka 10101, Zambia.
Innocent B N'gombwaDepartment of National Parks and Wildlife, Ministry of Tourism, Chilanga 10101, Zambia.
Rachel DaleDepartment for Psychosomatic Medicine and Psychotherapy, University for Continuing Education Krems, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria.ORCID 0000-0003-0526-8834
Lydia N TillerAmboseli Trust for Elephants, Langata, Nairobi 15135, Kenya.ORCID 0000-0002-3629-7956
Ministry of Health · ZMSave the Elephants · KEUniversität für Weiterbildung Krems · AT

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Crop-raiding by elephants is one of the most prevalent forms of human-elephant conflict and is increasing with the spread of agriculture into wildlife range areas. As the magnitude of conflicts between people and elephants increases across Africa and Asia, mitigating and reducing the impacts of elephant crop-raiding has become a major focus of conservation intervention. In this study, we tested the responses of semi-captive elephants to the "smelly" elephant repellent, a novel olfactory crop-raiding mitigation method. At two trial sites, in Zambia and Thailand, African elephants (

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animal captivitycrop-raidingelephant personalityelephant repellenthuman–wildlife conflictmitigation methodsolfaction

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PMID37958089
PMCPMC10647569
OpenAlexW4387975928

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