African elephants and contraception

Stuart L. Pimm () and Rudi J. van Aarde
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Stuart L. Pimm: Center for Environmental Research and Conservation, Columbia University
Rudi J. van Aarde: Conservation Ecology Research Unit, University of Pretoria

Nature, 2001, vol. 411, issue 6839, 766-766

Abstract: Abstract Protected from hunting and provided with access to water-holes during droughts, elephant numbers can double in a decade, severely damaging natural vegetation and the many species dependent upon it. Culling is an effective but controversial control strategy, so Fayrer-Hosken et al.1 have assessed the efficacy of using immunocontraception through vaccination, concluding that this could be a practical way of controlling elephant numbers. However, an intervention feasible in reproductive physiology may not be a practical way to control a population. Fayrer-Hosken et al. have not considered calculations2,3 that undermine the practicality of their method, nor alternative management strategies.

Date: 2001
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