Selectivity of the different forest tree species for debarking by elephants in a forest ecosystem is an important phenomenon for understanding the interactions between the large herbivores and the woody community in the tropical forest ecosystem. Here we present a long term investigation on elephant preference to forest trees debarking in Rabongo Forest spanning 20 years since 1992 in seven (7) one hectare plots established in 1992 distributed over 46 hactare  in Rabongo Forest which is an important habitat for most large herbivores in Murchison Falls National Park. Diospyros abyssinica; Holoptelea grandis; Trichilea prieuriana and Cynometra alexandri were the most deb
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