Using spot pattern recognition to examine population biology, evolutionary ecology, sociality, and movements of giraffes: A 70-year retrospective

DE Lee, GG Lohay, DR Cavener, ML Bond - Mammalian Biology, 2022 - Springer
Individual-based studies where animals are monitored through space and time enable
explorations of ecology, demography, evolutionary biology, movements, and behavior. Here …

Analogous laterality in trunk movements in captive African elephants: A pilot study

M Lefeuvre, P Gouat, B Mulot, R Cornette, E Pouydebat - Laterality, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Lateralization of hand use in primates has been extensively studied in a variety of contexts,
and starts to be investigated in other species and organs in order to understand the …

Function of trunk-mediated “greeting” behaviours between male African elephants: insights from choice of partners

CRB Allen, DP Croft, C Testard, LJN Brent - Animals, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Despite our common connotations with the term “greeting”, such
behaviours in non-human societies are not exclusively employed in the context of reunion …

Management of intraspecific aggression in two bull giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis ssp. rothschildi)

JJ Harley, R Tracey, CR Stanley, L Banks - Zoo Biology, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Maintaining nonbreeding individuals in zoological collections may sometimes necessitate
housing bachelor groups. In turn, intact cohabiting males may express increased …

The social behaviour and social dynamics of male giraffes (Giraffa spec.) in captive bachelor herds

A Kok - 2024 - fse.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl
Research on the sociality of giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) has spiked in the last twenty
years. However, little is known about the social behaviour of male giraffes in captivity. As …