Social networks, long-term associations and age-related sociability of wild giraffes
Animal Behaviour
Open DOIGiraffe evidence area
Social disruption
Loss of sociability/association and orphaning affecting survival.
15mapped records
7open-access records
1human-checked notes
Working conservation implication
What this evidence could inform
Association networks and isolation/orphan-risk alerts (sociability is linked to female survival).
This is a research and product hypothesis derived from the developing map. It is not a clinical protocol, a field-program claim, or proof that a proposed intervention works.
Corpus coverage
2010–2025
47% of mapped records are marked open access. Classification can be imperfect; use the paper-level sources for substantive conclusions.
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Key papers in the map
Sociability increases survival of adult female giraffes
Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences
Open DOIRelationships between male giraffes’ colour, age and sociability
Animal Behaviour
Open DOIDETOMIDINE AND BUTORPHANOL FOR STANDING SEDATION IN A RANGE OF ZOO-KEPT UNGULATE SPECIES
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
Open DOIInfluence of social upbringing on the activity pattern of captive lion Panthera leo cubs: Benefits of behavior enrichment
Current Zoology
Open DOIGROWTH, HUSBANDRY, AND DIETS OF FIVE SUCCESSFULLY HAND-REARED ORPHANED GIRAFFE CALVES (GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS ROTHSCHILDI AND GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS RETICULATA)
Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine
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