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ArticleEcology and evolution2025

Seasonal Variation in Home Range Sizes and Daily Distance to Ephemeral Surface Water for African Savannah Elephant (

Anastacia A Makati, Anna Songhurst, Emily Bennitt, Gaseitsiwe S Masunga, Graham McCulloch, Amanda Stronza, Tiroyaone A Matsika, Frank D Eckardt

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Article in Ecology and evolution, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Anastacia A MakatiOkavango Research Institute University of Botswana Maun Botswana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3624-0180
Anna SonghurstEcoexist Trust Maun Botswana.
Emily BennittOkavango Research Institute University of Botswana Maun Botswana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7794-3264
Gaseitsiwe S MasungaOkavango Research Institute University of Botswana Maun Botswana.
Graham McCullochEcoexist Trust Maun Botswana.
Amanda StronzaEcoexist Trust Maun Botswana.
Tiroyaone A MatsikaBotswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources Gaborone Botswana.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7658-2703
Frank D EckardtEnvironmental and Geographical Science University of Cape Town Rondebosch South Africa.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

African elephants (

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Identifiers

PMID39790731
PMCPMC11712680

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