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Pachyderm 49: January - June 2011

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

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Contents

1 Chair reports

1 African Elephant Specialist Group Chair report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Eléphants d'Afrique - Holly Dublin

6 African Rhino Specialist Group Chair report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d'Afrique - Michael Harrison Knight

16 Asian Rhino Specialist Group report / Rapport du Groupe Spécialiste des Rhinos d'Afrique - Bibhab Kumar Talukdar

20 Research

20 Matriarchal associations and reproduction in a remnant subpopulation of desert-dwelling elephants - Keith E.A. Leggett, Laura MacAlister Brown, Rob Roy Ramey II

33 Invasive species in grassland habitat: an ecological threat to greater one horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis) - Bibhuti P. Lahkar, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, Pranjit Sarma

40 The relic population of forest elephants near Lac Tumba, Democratic Republic of Congo: Abundance, dung life span, food items and movements - Bila-Isia Inogwabini, Longwango Mbende, Abokome Mbenzo

48 Biophysical and human factors determine the distribution of poached elephants in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya - Daniel Muteti Kyale, Shadrack Ngene, John Maingi

61 Census and ear-notching of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) in Tsavo East National Park, Kenya - Shadrack Ngene, Elephus Bitok, Joseph Mukeka, Francis Gakuya, Patrick Omondi, Kennedy Kimitei, Yusuf Watol, Linus Kariuki, Benson Ouma Okita

70 Elephant corridor use and threats in the eastern range of Amboseli elephants, Kenya - John M. Kioko, Simon Ole Seno

79 Consumption of elephant and mammoth ivory increases in southern China - Lucy Vigne, Esmond Martin

90 Field Notes

90 Estimating the population structure of Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) in Ujung Kulon National Park using the mark-recapture method based on video and camera trap identification - Adhi Rachmat Sudrajat Hariyadi, Agus Priambudi, Ridwan Setiawan, Daryan Daryan, Asep Yayus, Hendra Purnama

100 Obituary

100 Nandjui Awo 15 May 2011 - Richard Barnes

101 MIKE-ETIS updates

101 MIKE update - Tom De Meulenaer

109 ETIS update number five: Progress in the implementation of the Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) - Tom Milliken, Louisa Sangalakula

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