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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Maisels F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3587600 | biostudies-literature | 2013
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20130304 3
African forest elephants- taxonomically and functionally unique-are being poached at accelerating rates, but we lack range-wide information on the repercussions. Analysis of the largest survey dataset ever assembled for forest elephants (80 foot-surveys; covering 13,000 km; 91,600 person-days of fieldwork) revealed that population size declined by ca. 62% between 2002-2011, and the taxon lost 30% of its geographical range. The population is now less than 10% of its potential size, occupying less ...[more]