About the Authors
- Stephen Blake
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* E-mail: sblakewcs@gmail.com
Affiliations Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology and Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology, ‘Vogelwarte Radolfzell’, Radolfzell, Germany
- Sharon L. Deem
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Affiliations Department of Biology and Whitney R. Harris World Ecology Center, University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America, WildCare Institute, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America
- Samantha Strindberg
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Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Fiona Maisels
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Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Ludovic Momont
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Affiliation Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, Laboratoire de Conservation des Espèces, UMR 5173 Muséum-CNRS, 57, Paris, France
- Inogwabini-Bila Isia
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Affiliation The Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, The University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
- Iain Douglas-Hamilton
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Affiliations Save the Elephants, Langata Link Complex, Langata, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- William B. Karesh
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Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America
- Michael D. Kock
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Affiliation Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SB LM. Performed the experiments: SB SLD FGM LM IBI WBK MDK. Analyzed the data: SB SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IDH. Wrote the paper: SB. Provided veterinary services during immobilisation of elephants: SLD WBK MDK. Provided strong technical assistance throughout the study: IDH.