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1. Modelled Vegetation Structure and Abundance Confirms African Savannah Elephant‐Induced Damage Across Space in a Dry Protected Area With Diverse Vegetation
Nobert Tafadzwa Mukomberanwa, Phillip Taru, Beaven Utete, Patmore Ngorima
African Journal of Ecology  vol: 62  issue: 3  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1111/aje.13322

2. Mega- and large herbivores influence survival but not recruitment rates of African savanna trees
Maggie Jones, Robert Fletcher, Laurence Kruger, Benjamin Wigley, Corli Coetsee, Alison Bijl, Mbali Mohlala, Imanuel Lindokuhle Zwane, Robert McCleery
Biological Conservation  vol: 308  first page: 111201  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111201

3. The importance of buffer zones in woody vegetation conservation in areas that combine mega-fauna and anthropogenic disturbance: The case of Save Valley landscape, south-eastern Zimbabwe
Clayton Mashapa, Patience Mhuriro-Mashapa, Edson Gandiwa, Never Muboko, Tendai Chinho
Global Ecology and Conservation  vol: 26  first page: e01503  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.gecco.2021.e01503

4. Drought limits large trees in African savannas with or without elephants
Maggie M. Jones, Robert Fletcher, Laurence Kruger, Ara Monadjem, Phumlile Simelane, Robert McCleery
Austral Ecology  vol: 47  issue: 8  first page: 1668  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1111/aec.13244

5. Immunocontraception of the female African savanna elephant (Loxodonta africana) in South Africa: from pipe dream to policy
A. K. Delsink, J. J. van Altena, M. L. Schulman, H. J. Bertschinger, Cheryl Asa
Wildlife Research  vol: 51  issue: 1  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1071/WR22165

6. Sample-Based Estimates of Elephants in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Sam Ferreira, Erin Crowhurst, Cathy Greaver, Chenay Simms
African Journal of Wildlife Research  vol: 54  issue: 1  year: 2024  
doi: 10.3957/056.054.0122

7. Long‐term vegetation changes in elephant‐related areas of concern in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Corli Coetsee, Linda Kleyn, Jody C. Vogeler, Steven K. Filippelli, Liezl M. Vermeulen, Benjamin J. Wigley, Sam Ferreira
Ecological Applications  vol: 36  issue: 2  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1002/eap.70208

8. Estimating population parameters of African elephants: a photographic mark-recapture application in a South African protected area
Stephen C. Y. Chan, Scott Y. S. Chui, Yolanda Pretorius, Leszek Karczmarski
Mammalian Biology  vol: 102  issue: 4  first page: 1231  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1007/s42991-022-00334-3

9. Woody vegetation damage by the African elephant during severe drought at Pongola Game Reserve, South Africa
Reece Thornley, Matthew Spencer, Heike R. Zitzer, Catherine L. Parr
African Journal of Ecology  vol: 58  issue: 4  first page: 658  year: 2020  
doi: 10.1111/aje.12736

10. Elephant rewilding affects landscape openness and fauna habitat across a 92‐year period
Christopher E. Gordon, Michelle Greve, Michelle Henley, Anka Bedetti, Paul Allin, Jens‐Christian Svenning
Ecological Applications  vol: 33  issue: 3  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1002/eap.2810

11. Finding Common Ground between Adaptive Management and Evidence-Based Approaches to Biodiversity Conservation
Lindsey Gillson, Harry Biggs, Izak P.J. Smit, Malika Virah-Sawmy, Kevin Rogers
Trends in Ecology & Evolution  vol: 34  issue: 1  first page: 31  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1016/j.tree.2018.10.003

12. Survival trends (2008–2020) of three tree species in response to elephant impact, environmental variation, and stem wire-netting protection in an African savanna
Robin M. Cook, Ed T.F. Witkowski, Michelle D. Henley
Forest Ecology and Management  vol: 545  first page: 121220  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1016/j.foreco.2023.121220

13. Investigating the patterns of tree cover and density in relation to abiotic and biotic factors in Kruger National Park
Tullia Riccardi, Giacomo D'Ammando, Lucy Wilson, Fabio Attorre, Andrew Davies, Alessio Farcomeni, Sandra MacFadyen, Tercia Strydom, Izak P. J. Smit, Luca Malatesta
Ecosphere  vol: 16  issue: 11  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1002/ecs2.70421

14. A systematic map of demographic data from elephant populations throughout Africa: implications for poaching and population analyses
Severin Hauenstein, Noémi Jassoy, Anne‐Christine Mupepele, Thea Carroll, Mrigesh Kshatriya, Colin M. Beale, Carsten F. Dormann
Mammal Review  vol: 52  issue: 3  first page: 438  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1111/mam.12291

15. Human infrastructure, surface water and tree cover are important drivers of bird diversity across a savanna protected area-mosaic landscape
Rion E. Lerm, David A. Ehlers Smith, Dave I. Thompson, Colleen T. Downs
Landscape Ecology  vol: 38  issue: 8  first page: 1991  year: 2023  
doi: 10.1007/s10980-023-01674-2

16. First woody cover vegetation map of Kruger National Park in 1939–1944: Evidence from historical black and white aerial photography
Tullia Riccardi, Benjamin J. Wigley, Linda Kleyn, Corli Coetsee, Sandra MacFadyen, Fabio Attorre, Luca Malatesta
Ecological Informatics  vol: 81  first page: 102590  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2024.102590

17. Spatiotemporal distribution dynamics of elephants in response to density, rainfall, rivers and fire in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Sandra MacFadyen, Cang Hui, Peter H. Verburg, Astrid J. A. Van Teeffelen, Mark Robertson
Diversity and Distributions  vol: 25  issue: 6  first page: 880  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1111/ddi.12907

18. Seasonal range fidelity of a megaherbivore in response to environmental change
Rhea Burton-Roberts, Line S. Cordes, Rob Slotow, Abi Tamim Vanak, Maria Thaker, Navashni Govender, Graeme Shannon
Scientific Reports  vol: 12  issue: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25334-8

19. Mammalian and avian community response to African elephant ( Loxodonta africana ) habitat disturbance in south-eastern Kenya
Dakota Vaccaro, Bruce A Schulte
African Zoology  vol: 59  issue: 3-4  first page: 123  year: 2024  
doi: 10.1080/15627020.2024.2379378

20. Integrating remote sensing, expert knowledge, and field data can accurately identify and prioritise ecosystem shifts in semi-arid savannas
L M Vermeulen, C Wigley-Coetsee, B Verbist, K Van Meerbeek, J Slingsby, P N Bernardino, B Somers
Environmental Research Communications  vol: 7  issue: 12  first page: 121003  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1088/2515-7620/ae20e1

21. Water for African elephants (Loxodonta africana): faecal microbial loads affect use of artificial waterholes
Mduduzi Ndlovu, Antón Pérez-Rodríguez, Emma Devereux, Miranda Thomas, Alfredo Colina, Linford Molaba
Biology Letters  vol: 14  issue: 8  first page: 20180360  year: 2018  
doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2018.0360

22. Megaherbivore response to droughts under different management regimes: lessons from a large African savanna
Izak PJ Smit, Mike JS Peel, Sam M Ferreira, Cathy Greaver, Danie J Pienaar
African Journal of Range & Forage Science  vol: 37  issue: 1  first page: 65  year: 2020  
doi: 10.2989/10220119.2019.1700161

23. Elephants limit aboveground carbon gains in African savannas
Andrew B. Davies, Gregory P. Asner
Global Change Biology  vol: 25  issue: 4  first page: 1368  year: 2019  
doi: 10.1111/gcb.14585

24. Constraints, crashes and conservation: were historical African savanna elephantsLoxodonta africanadensities relatively high or lower than those seen in protected areas today?
David M. Wilkinson, Jeremy J. Midgley, Anthony B. Cunningham
Plant Ecology & Diversity  vol: 15  issue: 1-2  first page: 1  year: 2022  
doi: 10.1080/17550874.2022.2078244

25. Woody cover and geology as regional‐scale determinants of semi‐arid savanna stability
Liezl Mari Vermeulen, Koenraad Van Meerbeek, Paulo Negri Bernardino, Jasper Slingsby, Bruno Verbist, Ben Somers
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation  vol: 11  issue: 5  first page: 539  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1002/rse2.70005

26. Assessing the impacts of changing elephant densities on woody vegetation structure in private reserves within the Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa
K.J. Wessels, M.J.S. Peel, I.P.J. Smit, J.D. Armston, X. Li, P. Lal, M. Urbazaev
Biological Conservation  vol: 317  first page: 111815  year: 2026  
doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2026.111815

27. The Kruger Prism: Possibilities and Limitations of a National Park
Brian King
Annals of the American Association of Geographers  vol: 115  issue: 10  first page: 2655  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1080/24694452.2025.2497924

28. A cross-scale modeling framework for decision support on elephant management in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Thomas Clemen, Ulfia A. Lenfers, Janus Dybulla, Sam M. Ferreira, Greg A. Kiker, Carola Martens, Simon Scheiter
Ecological Informatics  vol: 62  first page: 101266  year: 2021  
doi: 10.1016/j.ecoinf.2021.101266

29. Temporal Non-stationarity of Path-Selection Movement Models and Connectivity: An Example of African Elephants in Kruger National Park
Żaneta Kaszta, Samuel A. Cushman, Rob Slotow
Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution  vol: 9  year: 2021  
doi: 10.3389/fevo.2021.553263

30. Protecting the resource: an assessment of mitigation methods used to protect large trees from African elephant impact in a savanna system
Robin M. Cook, Edward T. F. Witkowski, Michelle D. Henley
Wildlife Biology  vol: 2025  issue: 1  year: 2025  
doi: 10.1002/wlb3.01170

31. Elephants’ habitat use and behaviour when outside of Gonarezhou National Park
Bob Mandinyenya, Marco Mingione, Lochran Traill, Fabio Attorre
Koedoe  vol: 1  issue: 67  year: 2025  
doi: 10.4102/koedoe.v67i1.1842