Elephant Census: HHMI BioInteractive

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Transect A, Strip 1 Length (km)

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Transect A

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Transect B

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Now Measuring: Transect A, Strip 1 Length (km)

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Now Counting:
Transect A, Tuskless Elephants

Transect	Number of tuskless elephants in transect	Number of tusked elephants in transect
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Data Table 1. Transect and total map area

Area name	Length	Width	Area (km²) Area = Length × Width
Transect A
Transect B
Total Transect Area Transect A Area + Transect B Area
Total Map Area

Data Table 2. Elephant densities from sample count

Transect	Number of tuskless elephants in transect	Number of tusked elephants in transect	Number of total elephants in transect Tuskless + Tusked	Percentage of tuskless elephants in transect Tuskless ÷ Total Elephants × 100	Elephant density in transect Total Elephants ÷ Area of Transect (km²)
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Data Table 3. Density and total elephant counts

Average density of elephants for transects (Density in Transect A + Density in Transect B) ÷ 2	Estimated total number of elephants Average Density × Total Map Area (km²)	Total elephant count for your map

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