Elephant Research Foundation

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Elephant Research Foundation
LocationDepartment of Biological Sciences, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
Project coordinatorJeheskel Shoshani
Duration1977 – 2017

Elephant Research Foundation, first known as Elephant Interest Group, was a non-profit organization established by evolutionary biologist and elephant specialist Professor Jeheskel Shoshani in 1977, and closed down in 2017. Shoshani was also the editor of its publication Elephant,[1] and a contributor to the Elephant Listserver (elephant-@listserver.wineasy.se)[2] created in 1995 by elephant consultant Dan Koehl.[3] Shoshani also assisted Koehl in creating the FAQ section of the website , which is online since 1995 and located at https://www.elephant.se, since 2006 also comprising the world's largest research database on individual elephants (and possibly on individual animals from a single species overall).☃It has been c☃☃☃☃☃ ited by journalists, organisations and in scientific.works,[4][5]

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  1. ^ About Elephant, the official scholarly organ of the Elephant Interest Group
  2. ^ About Elephant, the official scholarly organ of the Elephant Interest Group Frequently Asked Questions About Elephants
  3. ^ Elephant Listserver
  4. ^ Saragusty, J.; Hermes, R.; Göritz, F.; Schmitt, D. L.; Hildebrandt, T. B. (2009). "Fecundity and population viability in female zoo elephants: Problems and possible solutions". Animal Reproduction Science. 115 (1–4): 247–54. doi:10.1016/j.anireprosci.2008.10.019. PMID 19058933. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  5. ^ Dale, R. H. (2010). "Birth statistics for African (Loxodonta africana) and Asian (Elephas maximus) elephants in human care: history and implications for elephant welfare. | Semantic Scholar". Zoo Biology. 29 (2): 87–103. doi:10.1002/zoo.20234. PMID 20391462. S2CID 6074352.
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