‘Explorer elephants’ in transfrontier conservation area offer solution to tree damage

Mongabay
Jun 28, 2024, 8:52 am233 pts
Elephants are known to be “ecosystem engineers,” altering habitats to suit their own needs, but this sometimes comes at a cost to other species. Hedging, or stem snapping, is the term used to describe how elephants (Loxodonta africana) reduce dominant trees to low-level shrubs, bringing the trees’ leaves…

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