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INVASION OF THE SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK BY ELEPHANTS
Author(s) -
Lamprey H. F.,
Glover P. E.,
Turner M. I. M.,
Bell R. H. V.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
african journal of ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1365-2028
pISSN - 0141-6707
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2028.1967.tb00769.x
Subject(s) - national park , geography , vegetation (pathology) , ecology , forestry , biology , archaeology , medicine , pathology
Summary 1. Elephants were first recorded in the Serengeti in 1955 and were probably absent f or at least the previeras 40 years. 2. Elephant numbers have inereased, mainly through immigration, to their present level of approximately 2,000 and have remained at this level for the last three years. 3. Vegetation changes caused by elephants in the Serengeti include the destruction of the larger trees at the rate of at least six per cent, per year. 4. Recovery of the woodfends from the effeets of elephants is retarded by the inhibiting effeets of bush fires on the regeneration of young trees. 5. The policy and management implications of the elephant invasion are discussed.