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Response of African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) to Seasonal Changes in Rainfall

The factors that trigger sudden, seasonal movements of elephants are uncertain. We hypothesized that savannah elephant movements at the end of the dry season may be a response to their detection of distant thunderstorms. Nine elephants carrying Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers were tracked...

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Autores principales: Garstang, Michael, Davis, Robert E., Leggett, Keith, Frauenfeld, Oliver W., Greco, Steven, Zipser, Edward, Peterson, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4191980/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25299514
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108736