The study found high selectivity for forage species, contradictory to the current knowledge that elephants are generalist feeders, but the authors reiterate that multi-season studies must be conducted to confirm this. Tree species have been found to dominate the forage intake in tropical dry forests, while non-tree species dominate the diet of the elephants in tropical moist forests. Priyanka Das, the lead author of the study, had this to say about the significance of the study in India; “Previously, there were two studies on forage selection of Asian elephants – one in Borneo and the other in Nepal.