Asian elephants have a broad trophic niche utilizing over 100 species but consume only few, mostly grasses and pioneer species, in large quantities (Sukumar, 1990; Samansiri & Weerakoon, 2007). In the tropics, are linked to disturbance as they represent early successional stages of vegetation. Consequently, prefer semi-disturbed habitats mature forests characterized ‘generalist’ an ‘edge specie...