Affiliation:
1. Department of Geoinformatics and Environmental Conservation Chinhoyi University of Technology Chinhoyi Zimbabwe
2. Department of Freshwater and Fishery Sciences Chinhoyi University of Technology Chinhoyi Zimbabwe
Abstract
AbstractThe African savannah elephant (Loxodonta Africana) migrate in response to limiting environmental factors in arid areas. Using global positioning systems (GPS) telemetry data, we determined: (i) the dominant vegetation types used by African savannah elephants and (ii) the differences in the area occupied by dominant vegetation types in Gonarezhou National Park (GNP) in Zimbabwe. Significant spatiotemporal differences (p < 0.05) detected in vegetation types utilised by the African savannah elephant, and in the area covered by vegetation types induced a determinate foraging pattern. Global positioning system telemetry is a smart conservation tool for surveillance of movement patterns of African savannah elephants in protected areas.
Subject
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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