Whither the science in wildlife management?

Consequently, Asian elephants prefer semi-disturbed habitats over mature forests and are characterized as a "generalist" and an "edge species" as also pointed out in the article by de la Torre I et al i . (2021) theorize that translocations from a prime to a lesser habitat (as defined by habitat suitability) are likely to fail, as elephants would move back towards the "better" habitat. Higher habitat suitability implies greater resources which would support a higher density of elephants, rather than providing increased resource availability for individuals. Asian elephants have a broad trophic niche utilizing over a 100 species but consume only a few, mostly grasses and pioneer species, in large quantities (Sukumar, 1990; Samansiri & Weerakoon, 2007). [Extracted from the article]