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Pachyderm 36: January - June 2004

Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups

Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Eléphants d’Afrique - Holly T. Dublin

8 African Rhino Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Rhinos d’Afrique - Martin Brooks

11 Asian Rhino Specialist Group / Groupe des Spécialistes des Eléphants d’Asie - Mohd Khan bin Momin Khan with Thomas J. Foose and Nico van Strien

16 Research

16 Monitoring law enforcement and illegal activities in the northern sector of the Parc National des Virunga, Democratic Republic of Congo - Leonard Mubalama and Norbert Mushenzi

30 Impact of dam construction on two elephant populations in northern Cameroon - Hans H. de Iongh, Martin T. Tchamba, Per Aarhaug and Bas Verhage

44 Elephant numbers, group structure and movements on privately owned land adjacent to Tsavo East National Park, Kenya - Barbara McKnight

52 Elephants ( Loxodonta africana) of Zoba Gash Barka, Eritrea: Part 2. Numbers and distribution, ecology and behaviour, and fauna and flora in their ecosystem - Jeheskel Shoshani, Yohannes Hagos, Yohannes Yacob, Medhanie Ghebrehiwet and Emun Kebrom

69 Impacts humains sur les aires de distribution et couloirs de migration des éléphants au Togo - Okoumassou Kotchikpa, Durlot Sophie, Akpamou Kokouvi et Segniagbeto Hoinsounde

80 Managing human-elephant conflicts: the Kenyan experience - Patrick Omondi, Elphas Bitok and Joachim Kagiri

87 Rhino poaching in Nepal during an insurgency - Esmond Martin

99 Policy

99 Ecological basis of the new elephant management policy for Kruger National Park and expected outcomes - Ian J. Whyte

109 Field notes

109 Black rhinoceros mortality in Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe: 1992-2003 - Geoffreys Matipano

113 Coprophagy and unusual thermoregulatory behaviour in desert-dwelling elephants of north-western Namibia - Keith Leggett

116 Working paper

116 Determining the number of elephants required to supply current unregulated ivory markets in Africa and Asia - Nigel Hunter, Esmond Martin and Tom Milliken

129 Reader response

129 Clarifying MIKE and ETIS - Nigel Hunter and Tom Milliken

133 Note from the African Rhino Specialist Group

133 Update on the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project - Pam Sherriffs

134 Book review

134 The return of the unicorns: the natural history and conservation of the greater one-horned rhinoceros, by Eric Dinerstein - review by Kees Rookmaaker

136 Notes from the African Elephant Specialist Group

136 Report: Sixth meeting of the African Elephant Specialist Group - Leo Niskanen

140 Guide to contributors

 

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