SCIENTIFIC PAPERS & THESES

Relfsson, R. (2023) African elephants’ effect on the temporal use of elephant highway by predator and prey. Masters thesis, Gothenburg University, Sweden (Download PDF)

Ruijs, V (2023) Investigating the use of Olfactory cues to re-direct African savannah elephant pathways: A potential conflict mitigation tool. Masters thesis, Gothenburg University, Sweden (Download PDF)

Woudstra, G. (2023) The influence of body size on the foraging strategy of the male African savannah elephants in Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. Masters thesis, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Norway (Download PDF)

Vader, J. (2023) Preliminary data on the movement ecology and behaviour of ten adult male African Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana) in Botswana and Zimbabwe. Masters project, Edinburgh Napier University, UK (Download PDF)

Allen, C.R.B (2022) Importance of older males: influence of age structure on social dynamics between males in an elephant bull area. PhD Thesis, University of Exeter, UK https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.849275

John-Davis, K. (2022) Understanding human-elephant conflict: Analyses of activity patterns and the effect of the lunar cycle on movements male social groups and breeding herds of the African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). Masters Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (Download PDF)

Sales, A. R. (2022) Dancing for the elephants. Masters thesis, Universidade de Averieo, Portugal.  (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Quim, A. (2021) Analysis of demographics, male and female social groups, and movements of the Loxodonta africana using camera traps in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. Masters Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (Download PDF)

Allen, C.R.B., Brent, L.J.N., Motsentwa, T., Weiss, M.N. & Croft, D.P. (2020) Importance of old bulls: leaders and followers in collective movements of all-male groups in African savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana). Sci Rep 10, 13996. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-70682-y.

Evans, K. (2019) Elephants for Africa: male Savannah elephant Loxodonta africana sociality, the Makgadikgadi and resource competition. International Zoo Year Book. (Download PDF)

Stevens, J. (2018) Understanding human-elephant interactions in and around Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. PhD Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Pitfield, A. (2017) The social and environmental factors affecting the life of bull African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in a ‘bull area’ – a social network analysis. MSc Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Dylan, C. (2017) Transfer Learning of Deep Neural Networks for Elephant Visual Biometrics. BSc Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Emberson, M.A. (2017) Elephant Facial Biometrics using Convolutional Neural Networks. BSc Thesis, University of Bristol, UK (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Mayberry, A.L., Hovorka, A.J. & Evans, K.E. (2017) Well-Being Impacts of Human-Elephant Conflict in Khumaga, Botswana: Exploring Visible and Hidden Dimensions. Conservation and Society 15(3): 280-291 (Download PDF)

Walker, J. G., Evans, K. Rose Vineer, H., van Wyk, J.A, &  Morgan, E. R.  (2017) Prediction and attenuation of seasonal spillover of parasites between wild and domestic ungulates in an arid mixed-use system.  Journal of Applied Ecology, 1-11. http://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13083 (Download PDF)

Walker, J. G. Plein, M. Morgan, E. E. Peter Vesk, P. (2017) Uncertain links in host-parasite networks: lessons for parasite transmission in a multi-host system. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. 20160095 (Download PDF)

Chamberlain, A.L. (2016) An analysis of the human elephant conflict situation in the Boteti area, Botswana: The economic cost of elephant crop raiding. MRes Thesis, University of Bristol. (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Mayberry, A. (2016) Hidden well-being impacts of human-elephant conflict’ Infographic (Mayberry_Human-Elephant Conflict Infographic_Public Dissemination (1))

Walker, J.G. (2016) Theory and practice of parasitic nematode management at the wildlife-livestock interface. Ph.D Thesis, University of Bristol (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Baines, L., Morgan, E.R., Ofithile, M. & Evans, K. (2015) Occurrence and seasonality of internal parasite infection in elephants. Loxodonta africana in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. International Journal of Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 4(1); 43-48  (Download PDF)

Mayberry, A. (2015). Human Dimensions of Human-Elephant Conflict in Botswana: Exploring Visible and Hidden Well-Being Impacts (Unpublished masters thesis). Department of Geography, University of Guelph, Guelph Canada. pp125 (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Nett, S. (2015) Social behavior of male African elephants under different environmental conditions in the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park (Unpublished masters thesis). Institute of Zoology, Department of Evolutionary Biology, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. pp66 (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Timmerman, M. (2015) Parasite Prevalence and Influencing Factors in African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) of the Makgadikgadi Pans National Park, Botswana. (Unpublished masters thesis). Faculty of Medical and Veterinary Sciences, University of Bristol, United Kingdom. pp30 (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Walker, J.G., Ofithile, M., Tavolaro, F.M. van Wyk, J.A., Evans, K. & Morgan, E.R. (2015) Mixed methods evaluation of targeted selective anthelmintic treatment by resource-poor smallholder goat farmers in Botswana. Veterinary Parasitology 214, 80-88. (Download PDF)

Zachos, F. & Evans, K. (2015). Integration of injured individuals into herds of African Savannah elephants (Loxodonta africana): field observations from Kenya and Botswana. Pachyderm 56, 112-113 (Download PDF)

Baines, L. (2013) The transmission dynamics of parasites of the African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta: a coprological survey. Masters Thesis, University of Bristol (Download PDF)

Bowles, G. (2013) The low frequency vocal communication for a herd of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bristol.  (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)

Evans, K., Moore, R. & Harris, S. (2013) The Release of a Captive-Raised African Elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Animals3, 370-385 (Download PDF)

Evans, K., Moore, R. & Harris, S. (2013) The Social and Ecological Integration of Captive-Raised Adolescent Male African Elephants (Loxodonta africana) into a Wild Population. PLoS ONE, 8(2), e55933. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0055933. (View Article)

Stanoss, R. (2013) Global Conservation Leadership Program for Youth Botswana: The Human Dimension of Conservation. Connect. August 2013 (Download PDF)

Evans, K. & Harris, S. (2012) The sex differences in habitat use by African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana: is size really the deciding factor? African Journal of Ecology50, 277-284 (Download PDF)

Ofithile, M. (2012) Seasonal effects on the ecology and sociality of male African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Masters Thesis, University of Bristol (Download PDF)

Evans, K. (2011) Education Beyond the Gates. Journal of Elephant Managers Association, 22, 10-13 (Download PDF)

Evans, K. & Harris, S. (2008) Adolescence in male Africa elephants (Loxodonta africana) and the importance of sociality, Animal Behaviour, 76, 779-787 (Download PDF)

Evans, K. (2006) The behavioural ecology and movements of adolescent male African elephant (Loxodonta africana) in the Okavango Delta, Botswana. Ph.D. Thesis, University of Bristol. (email info@elephantsforafrica.org for a PDF)