Demographic analysis of behavioral reactions of African bush elephants to a synthetic honey bee alarm pheromone blend DOI Creative Commons
Mark G. Wright, Michelle Au,

Irene Gatti

et al.

Wildlife Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Human–elephant conflict situations continue to be a growing conservation issue. Conflict typically arise as the result of elephants traversing places with infrastructure where they become disruptive human activities. Developing passive options for managing elephant movement and reducing human–elephant is priority. In this paper, we report responses synthetic honey bee alarm pheromone blend, relationship between strength frequency deterrence from elephants. We show that blend isoamyl acetate, 2‐heptanol, 2‐nonanol, volatile chemicals known stimulate vigilance, defence, mass attack, produced stronger repellence than acetate alone, or blended 2‐heptanol. Subadult elephants, irrespective sex, were demographic group most likely blends. some cases, entire herds repelled treatments placed at waterholes, suggesting method has potential manipulation movements on landscape. Integration pheromones other behavioral management tools discussed.

Language: Английский

Demographic analysis of behavioral reactions of African bush elephants to a synthetic honey bee alarm pheromone blend DOI Creative Commons
Mark G. Wright, Michelle Au,

Irene Gatti

et al.

Wildlife Biology, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Feb. 21, 2025

Human–elephant conflict situations continue to be a growing conservation issue. Conflict typically arise as the result of elephants traversing places with infrastructure where they become disruptive human activities. Developing passive options for managing elephant movement and reducing human–elephant is priority. In this paper, we report responses synthetic honey bee alarm pheromone blend, relationship between strength frequency deterrence from elephants. We show that blend isoamyl acetate, 2‐heptanol, 2‐nonanol, volatile chemicals known stimulate vigilance, defence, mass attack, produced stronger repellence than acetate alone, or blended 2‐heptanol. Subadult elephants, irrespective sex, were demographic group most likely blends. some cases, entire herds repelled treatments placed at waterholes, suggesting method has potential manipulation movements on landscape. Integration pheromones other behavioral management tools discussed.

Language: Английский

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