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Cover: Elephants in Tarangire National Park, Tanzania. Photo: Charles and Lara Foley


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Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des Présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Eléphants d’Afrique - Holly T. Dublin

13 African Rhino Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Afrique - Martin Brooks

17 Asian Rhino Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d’Asie - Nico van Strien and Bibhar Kumar Talukdar

22 Research

22 Parasites gastro-intestinaux d’éléphants dans la Réserve Partielle de Pama, Burkina Faso - Nakandé Allasane, Adrien Marie Gaston Belem, Aimé J. Nianogo, Christine Jost

33 Dry-season status, trend and distribution of the Konkombouri elephants and implications for their management, Burkina Faso - Philippe Bouché

43 Phenology of forest trees favoured by elephants in the Kakum Conservation Area, Ghana - Emmanuel Danquah, Samuel K. Oppong

52 Status of elephant populations in Garamba National Park, Democratic Republic of Congo, late 2005 - Emmanuel de Merode, Bila-Isia Inogwabini, José Tello, Ginengayo Panziama

58 Northern Ghana elephant survey - Philippe Bouché

70 Determinants of elephant distribution at Nazinga Game Ranch, Burkina Faso - Bernard M. Hien, Jonathan A. Jenks, Robert W. Klaver, Zeno W. Wicks III

81 Conflits homme–éléphants dans la Réserve Partielle de Pama, Burkina Faso - Alassane Nakandé, Adrien Marie Gaston Belem, Aimé J. Nianogo, Christine Jost

92 Field note

92 Composition of intestinal ciliate fauna of free-ranging African elephants in Tsavo West National Park, Kenya - Vincent Obanda, Isaac Lekolool, John Kariuki, Francis Gakuya

97 Discussion

97 Prospects for managing African elephant population growth with immunocontraception: a review - A.A. Perdok, W.F. de Boer, T.A.E. Stout

108 Inbreeding and outbreeding in African rhinoceros species Toya S. Krummenacher, Samuel Zschokke

116 Rhino notes

116 Rhino issues at CITES CoP14 - Richard H. Emslie

120 Guidelines for contributors

 

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