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Pachyderm 30: January - June 2001

Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups

Contents

1 Chair reports / Rapports des présidents

1 African Elephant Specialist Group/ Groupe des Spécialistes des Eléphants d'Afrique - Holly Dublin

6 African Rhino Specialist Group / Rapport du Groupe des Spécialistes des Rhinos d'Afrique - Martin Brooks

12 Asian Rhino Specialist Group / Rapport du Groupe des Spécialistes des Rhinos d'Asie - Mohd Khan bin Momin Khan with Thomas J. Foose and Nico van Strien

16 Letter to the editor

17 Research and review

17 First, do no harm: a precautionary recommendation regarding the movement of black rhinos from overseas zoos back to Africa - Steven A. Osofsky, Donald E. Paglia, Robin W. Radcliffe, R. Eric Miller, Richard H. Emslie, Thomas J. Foose, Raoul du Toit and Mark W. Atkinson

24 Status and trends of the ivory trade in Africa, 1989?1999 - Daniel Stiles and Esmond Bradley Martin

37 Forest elephant distribution and habitat use in the Bossematié Forest Reserve, Ivory Coast - Jörn Theuerkauf, Hermann Ellenberg, Wolf Ekkehard Waitkuwait and Michael Mühlenberg

44 Management implications of new research on problem elephants - Richard Hoare

49 Dual-season crop damage by elephants in eastern Zambezi Valley, Zimbabwe - G.E. Parker and F.V. Osborn

57 Elephant crop damage and electric fence construction in the Maputo Elephant Reserve, Mozambique - Fred de Boer and Cornelio Ntumi

65 Mode de dissémination des espèces les plus appétées par les éléphants dans la zone cynégétique de la Djona, les forêts classées de Gounguon, de la Sota et des environs, Nord-Bénin - Aristide C. Tehou

70 Elephants as agents of seed dispersal in Aberdare and Tsavo National Parks, Kenya - John Waithaka

75 Elephants as seed dispersal agents in Arabuko-Sokoke Forest, Kenya - Paul Kimata Muoria, I. Gordon and N. O. Oguge

81 A new method for implanting radio transmitters into the horns of white and black rhinoceroses - Adrian M. Shrader and Brian Beauchamp

87 Closing down the illegal trade in rhino horn in Yemen - Lucy Vigne and Esmond Bradley Martin

96 Notes from the African Rhino Specialist Group

96 Deaths in Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania - Matthew Maige

96 Kenya implementing a new black rhino information management system - Rajan Amin, Benson Okita and Martin Mulama

97 Black rhino dung DNA analysis - Thomas J. Foose

98 Rhino database workshop - Richard H. Emslie

98 Rhino security matters - Richard H. Emslie

99 Announcing the RMG Carrying Capacity Model version 1.0 for black rhinos - Keryn Adcock

100 WILDb rhino database - Rob Brett

100 RHINO rewrite: an update - Richard H. Emslie and Rajan Amin

102 NOTICE: information needed on elephant sightings

103 Guide to contributors

 

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