Range size and drivers of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) space use on Karongwe Private Game Reserve, South Africa

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 572-581 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine D. Orrick
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Game Reserve

scholarly journals Woody vegetation damage by the African elephant during severe drought at Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa

2020 ◽  
Vol 58 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-673
Author(s):  
Reece Thornley ◽  
Matthew Spencer ◽  
Heike R. Zitzer ◽  
Catherine L. Parr
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Woody Vegetation ◽  
Severe Drought ◽  
Game Reserve ◽  
Vegetation Damage

African elephant home range and habitat selection in Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Shannon ◽  
Bruce Page ◽  
Rob Slotow ◽  
Kevin Duffy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Home Range ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Game Reserve

scholarly journals Ovulation, pregnancy, placentation and husbandry in the African elephant ( Loxodonta africana )

2006 ◽  
Vol 361 (1469) ◽  
pp. 821-834 ◽  
Author(s):  
W.R Allen
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Population Density ◽  
Blood Vessel ◽  
Ferric Iron ◽  
Loxodonta Africana ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Corpora Lutea ◽  
Gestation Length ◽  
In Captivity ◽  
In The Wild

The African elephant reproduces so efficiently in the wild that overpopulation is now a serious problem in some game parks in Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. The female reaches puberty between 10 and 12 years of age in the wild and, when in captivity, shows oestrous cycles of 14–15 weeks duration. She readily conceives a singleton in the wild yet her uterus has the capacity for twins. She shows a gestation length of 22 months and, in the wild, shows a population density and feed dependent intercalving interval of 4–8 years. The trophoblast erodes the lumenal epithelium of the endometrium and stimulates upgrowths of blood vessel-containing stromal villi, which develop eventually into the broad, tightly folded lamellae of the zonary, endotheliochorial placenta. Significant quantities of leaked maternal erythrocytes and ferric iron are phagocytosed by specialized trophoblast cells in the haemophagous zones at the lateral edges of the placental band. Although the placenta itself is endocrinologically inert, the foetal gonads, which enlarge greatly during the second half of pregnancy can synthesize 5α-dihydryoprogesterone and other 5α pregnane derivatives from cholesterol and pregnenolone. These products may synergize with progestagens secreted by the 2–8 large corpora lutea which are always present in the maternal ovaries throughout gestation to maintain the pregnancy state.

African elephant home range and habitat selection in Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa

2006 ◽  
Vol 41 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Graeme Shannon ◽  
Bruce Page ◽  
Rob Slotow ◽  
Kevin Duffy
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Habitat Selection ◽  
Home Range ◽  
African Elephant ◽  
Game Reserve

Home range size, space use and resource selection of griffon vultures in an insular environment

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. M. Xirouchakis ◽  
C. Grivas ◽  
G. Andreou ◽  
E. Georgopoulou
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Resource Selection ◽  
Space Use ◽  
Home Range Size ◽  
Range Size ◽  
Selection Of

scholarly journals Do wild suids from Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa, play a role in the maintenance and transmission of African swine fever to domestic pigs?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cynthia Mapendere ◽  
Ferran Jori ◽  
Eric M. C. Etter ◽  
Jan Helenus W. Ferguson
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
African Swine Fever ◽  
Domestic Pigs ◽  
Game Reserve

Habitat Use by Nile Crocodiles in Ndumo Game Reserve, South Africa: A Naturally Patchy Environment

Herpetologica ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (4) ◽  
pp. 426-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter M. Calverley ◽  
Colleen T. Downs
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Habitat Use ◽  
Patchy Environment ◽  
Game Reserve
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