Study of 440 female elephants finds social ties fray after population losses
A study in Udawalawe National Park indicates that dwindling elephant groups result in significant social vulnerabilities. With fewer individuals, elephants transition from larger communities to smaller, more isolated factions, which impairs their capacity to nurture and feed effectively. Once a critical social threshold is exceeded, the difficulty of reversing such fragmentation intensifies.
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