Amendment LXXXVII — Phi_migration: Heat-Wave Coherence Degradation as the Trigger for African Elephant Migration, Amboseli/Tsavo Corridor 2016–2022

Amendment LXXXVII to the McCaul Compendium of Coherence. Extension of the Phi_migration framework to African elephant (Loxodonta africana) migration, demonstrating that heat-wave Nr pillar collapse in Phi_atmo produces the same coherence gradient departure signal as cold-front Nr collapse in temperate ecosystems. 2,358 research-grade iNaturalist observations of Loxodonta africana in the Kenya/Tanzania corridor (2016-2022) were analyzed for movement wave days. Cross-referenced against historical Phi_atmo heat gradients reconstructed from ERA5 reanalysis data (Open-Meteo archive) on a 5-point N-S transect (Marsabit 2.33N to Kilimanjaro -3.07N). Africa-specific Nr formula: Nr = max(0.05, 1.0 -…