About the Authors

Robert W. Burn

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Fiona M. Underwood

f.m.underwood@reading.ac.uk

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, United Kingdom

Julian Blanc

Affiliation Monitoring the Illegal Killing of Elephants, CITES Secretariat, UNEP/DELC, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

JJB is the data analyst for the MIKE programme. RWB was a resource specialist for MIKE since its inception and then a co-opted member of the MIKE Technical Advisory Group from 2003 to 2009. RWB and FMU were contracted by MIKE to carry out the analysis of the data presented in this publication for a report to the 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties in Doha (Qatar) 2010. This does not alter the author's adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJB RWB FMU. Analyzed the data: RWB FMU JJB. Wrote the paper: RWB FMU JJB. Collated the data: JJB.