A multi-scale approach for integrating species distribution models with landscape connectivity to identify critical linkage zones for African savanna elephants (Loxodonta africana)

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  2025

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  Ecological Modelling

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  2025-08-01

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  DOI 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2025.111198
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