| Title |
Continent-wide survey reveals massive decline in African savannah elephants
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|---|---|
| Published in |
PeerJ, August 2016
|
| DOI | 10.7717/peerj.2354 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Michael J. Chase, Scott Schlossberg, Curtice R. Griffin, Philippe J.C. Bouché, Sintayehu W. Djene, Paul W. Elkan, Sam Ferreira, Falk Grossman, Edward Mtarima Kohi, Kelly Landen, Patrick Omondi, Alexis Peltier, S.A. Jeanetta Selier, Robert Sutcliffe |
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 10% |
| United Kingdom | 15 | 8% |
| Kenya | 9 | 5% |
| South Africa | 8 | 4% |
| Canada | 6 | 3% |
| Australia | 6 | 3% |
| Spain | 4 | 2% |
| France | 3 | 2% |
| Finland | 2 | 1% |
| Other | 22 | 12% |
| Unknown | 86 | 48% |
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 139 | 78% |
| Scientists | 28 | 16% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 11 | 6% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | <1% |
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Brazil | 2 | <1% |
| France | 1 | <1% |
| Italy | 1 | <1% |
| Czechia | 1 | <1% |
| Finland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 464 | 98% |
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 81 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 69 | 15% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 68 | 14% |
| Researcher | 54 | 11% |
| Other | 20 | 4% |
| Other | 61 | 13% |
| Unknown | 120 | 25% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 136 | 29% |
| Environmental Science | 120 | 25% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 3% |
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 12 | 3% |
| Social Sciences | 7 | 1% |
| Other | 49 | 10% |
| Unknown | 134 | 28% |