Our work was conducted in the Nakai-Nam Theun (NNT) National
Protected Area (NPA; 3532 km2) and adjoining areas, especially
the Nakai Plateau, of Laos (Fig. 1). In and around the NNT
NPA, elephants occur on the Nakai Plateau (1250 km2) and range
into the lower NNT NPA and the Nakai-Nam Theun–Phou Hin Poun
(NNT–PHP) Corridor (738 km2) that links the NNT NPA with the
Phou Hin Poun NPA. The NNT NPA is dominated by dry broadleaved
evergreen forest from 500–1800 m asl; the Nakai Plateau
by a mosaic of pine/semi-evergreen forest, scrub, and cultivation
at 500–600 m. Rainfall in the plateau area is highly seasonal, with a wet season between May and September and typical annual precipitation
of c. 2400 mm.
Our work was conducted in the Nakai-Nam Theun (NNT) NationalProtected Area (NPA; 3532 km2) and adjoining areas, especiallythe Nakai Plateau, of Laos (Fig. 1). In and around the NNTNPA, elephants occur on the Nakai Plateau (1250 km2) and rangeinto the lower NNT NPA and the Nakai-Nam Theun–Phou Hin Poun(NNT–PHP) Corridor (738 km2) that links the NNT NPA with thePhou Hin Poun NPA. The NNT NPA is dominated by dry broadleavedevergreen forest from 500–1800 m asl; the Nakai Plateauby a mosaic of pine/semi-evergreen forest, scrub, and cultivationat 500–600 m. Rainfall in the plateau area is highly seasonal, with a wet season between May and September and typical annual precipitationof c. 2400 mm.
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