Home Range and Ranging Behaviour of Bornean Elephant (Elephas maximus borneensis) Females

• Main Authors: Raymond Alfred, Abd Hamid Ahmad, Junaidi Payne, Christy Williams, Laurentius Nayan Ambu, Phua Mui How, Benoit Goossens
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Public Library Science 2012
• Subjects: QH Natural history
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21780/1/Home%20Range%20and%20Ranging%20Behaviour%20of%20Bornean%20Elephant.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/21780/; https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031400

Home range is defined as the extent and location of the area covered annually by a wild animal in its natural habitat. Studies of African and Indian elephants in landscapes of largely open habitats have indicated that the sizes of the home range are determined not only by the food supplies and seaso...