About the Authors

Prithiviraj Fernando

Affiliation Centre for Conservation and Research, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka

Peter Leimgruber

Affiliation Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, Virginia, United States of America

Tharaka Prasad

Affiliation Department of Wildlife Conservation, Battaramulla, Sri Lanka

Jennifer Pastorini

jenny@aim.uzh.ch

Affiliations Centre for Conservation and Research, Rajagiriya, Sri Lanka, Anthropologisches Institut, Universität Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PF PL. Performed the experiments: PF JP TP. Analyzed the data: JP PL. Wrote the paper: PF JP PL. Led the collaring operation of elephants: TP.