Local rainfall is more likely than distant thunderstorms to affect movement behaviour in Northern Kenyan elephants.

Previous research indicates that African savanna elephants change their movements preceding or coincident with local rainfall and it has been suggested that they respond to thunder in remote storms-perhaps reading seismic cues. We therefore aimed to test if elephants in Northern Kenya adhere to dist...

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Main Authors: Tom Mulder, Beth Mortimer, Jelle Ferwerda, Fritz Vollrath
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2024-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0307520
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