German Society for Mammalian Biology: 1/4 Recent Publication in our Journal: Goldenberg et al., 2022: Social integration of translocated wildlife: a case study of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in northern Kenya; doi.org/10.1007/s429... 🦤🌍🦊🧪🐘

1/4 Recent Publication in our Journal: Goldenberg et al., 2022: Social integration of translocated wildlife: a case study of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in northern Kenya; doi.org/10.1007/s429... 🦤🌍🦊🧪🐘

Social integration of translocated wildlife: a case study of rehabilitated and released elephant calves in northern Kenya - Mammalian Biologydoi.org Conservation translocations have the potential to strengthen populations of threatened and endangered species, but facilitating integration of translocated individuals with resident populations remain...

2/4 Conservation translocations have the potential to strengthen populations of threatened and endangered species, but facilitating integration of translocated individuals with resident populations remains a substantial challenge. The authors used focal follows of interactions

3/4 pre-release and GPS tracking post-release to quantify social associations of calves with each other and with resident elephants. The results show that initial post-release social behavior of rehabilitated calves is related to histories of interaction with familiar individuals

4/4 and cohort membership and that released calves increased their associations with residents over time. This information provides new behavioral insights for guiding elephant release projects, like the strength of relationships within and among release cohorts.

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