Abstract
From March until December 1982 a survey of elephants Loxodonta africana cyclotis in the Gold Forest complex, Sierra Leone, was carried out. The aim of the study was to deterine the density and the home ranges of the elephant population in the Gola Forest Reserves. There are two separate populations, in Gola North and in Gola East. In Gola North the mean density was estimated to be 0·1 km −2, in Gola East 0·27 km −2. The size of the home range in Gola North was 8500 ha in the dry season and 21 000 ha in the wet season; the home range in Gola East covered 13 000 ha in the dry season and 29 000 ha in the wet season. The results are compared with those of other forest elephant areas in West Africa.
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