| Title: | African bush elephants respond to a honeybee alarm pheromone blend |
| Author(s): | Wright MG; Spencer C; Cook RM; Henley MD; North W; Mafra-Neto A; |
| Address: | "Department of Plant and Environmental Protection Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 3050 Maile Way, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA. Electronic address: markwrig@hawaii.edu. Balule Nature Reserve, Hoedspruit, South Africa. Elephants Alive, P.O. Box 960, Hoedspruit 1380, South Africa. Elephants Alive, P.O. Box 960, Hoedspruit 1380, South Africa; Applied Behavioural Ecology and Ecosystem Research Unit, School of Environmental Sciences, University of South Africa, Private Bag X5, Florida 1710, South Africa. ISCA Technologies, 1230 Spring Street, Riverside, CA 92507, USA. Electronic address: president@iscatech.com" |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.008 |
| ISSN/ISBN: | 1879-0445 (Electronic) 0960-9822 (Linking) |
| Abstract: | "We here report the responses of African bush elephants (Loxodonta africana) to a crude approximation of the honeybee alarm pheromone blend. We show that the elephants had an avoidance response to the semiochemical blend. The use of honeybee alarm pheromones to manage elephant movements in a non-invasive manner, using natural cues to which elephants may have an evolved response, holds potential for development of new options for an integrated system for elephant movement management and protection" |
| Keywords: | Animals *Avoidance Learning Bees/*chemistry Elephants/*physiology Pheromones/*pharmacology South Africa; |
| Notes: | "MedlineWright, Mark G Spencer, Craig Cook, Robin M Henley, Michelle D North, Warren Mafra-Neto, Agenor eng Letter England 2018/07/25 Curr Biol. 2018 Jul 23; 28(14):R778-R780. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.008" |
