There is consensus that pastoral mobility is beneficial for both pastoralists and the environment. However, rapid change arising from multiple factors, including landscape fragmentation, sedentarization, and demographic drivers might affect the effectiveness of this pastoral coping strategy in ti...
Nkedianye, D.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Saidimu, T.L.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Kaelo, D.S.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: The impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand]
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Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: The impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand
Fragmentation, degradation and loss of natural habitats are now recognised as major threats to wildlife conservation and mobile pastoralism in East African savannas. These processes are driven primarily by land tenure and policy, increasing human population, expansion of settlements and agricultu...
Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Makui, O.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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[Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution]
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Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution
The impact of human endeavours on the environment in the struggle to eke out a living through crop and animal agriculture is examined in a holistic context. Analyses focus on all the sources of pressure that modify the vegetation cover of rural Africa, including the effects of fires and burning o...
Leeuw, P.N. de
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure]
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Impact of human activities and livestock on the African environment: An attempt to partition the pressure
More of the land surface of the earth is used for grazing than for any other purpose (FAO 1999, WRI 2000, Asner et al. 2004, Ojima and Chuluun, Chapter 8). Although livestock and wildlife graze in forests and woodlands, we focus here on the lands where most herding peoples and their livestock gra...
Reid, Robin S.
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Galvin, K.A.
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Kruska, R.S.
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[Global significance of extensive grazing lands and pastoral societies: An introduction]
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Global significance of extensive grazing lands and pastoral societies: An introduction
Arid rangelands host a variety of drought-tolerant wildlife species, many of them requiring conservation efforts for the survival of their populations. The development of drinking water sources for people and livestock forms one of the main development interventions in these rangelands. However, ...
Leeuw, Jan de
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Waweru, M.N.
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Okello, O.O.
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Maloba, M.
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Nguru, P.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Aligula, H.M.
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Heitkonig, I.M.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Distribution and diversity of wildlife in northern Kenya in relation to livestock and permanent water points]
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Distribution and diversity of wildlife in northern Kenya in relation to livestock and permanent water points
This study produces a set of maps and tables that locate significant populations of poor livestock keepers and has broadly assessed how poor livestock keeping populations are likely to change over the next 3-5 decades. The outputs of the study are based on innovative analysis using new global dat...
Thornton, Philip K.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Henninger, N.
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Atieno, F.
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Odero, A.N.
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Ndegwa, T.
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[Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world]
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Mapping poverty and livestock in the developing world
Coughenour, M.B.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Integrated Modeling, Assessment, and Management of Regional Wildlife-Livestock Ecosystems in East Africa]
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Integrated Modeling, Assessment, and Management of Regional Wildlife-Livestock Ecosystems in East Africa
Wildlife and pastoral peoples have lived side-by-side in the Mara ecosystem of south-western Kenya for at least 2000 years. Recent changes in human population and landuse are jeopardizing this co-existence. The aim of the study is to determine the viability of pastoralism and wildlife conservatio...
Lamprey, R.H.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Expansion of human settlement in Kenya's Maasai Mara: What future for pastoralism and wildlife?]
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Expansion of human settlement in Kenya's Maasai Mara: What future for pastoralism and wildlife?
More effective control of the tsetse fly in Africa will reduce constraints imposed by the livestock disease, trypanosomiasis. Trypanosomiasis lowers livestock productivity, and in some areas, may limit the ability of farmers to keep livestock and plough the land using animal traction. Control of ...
Reid, Robin S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Mulatu, W.
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[Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia]
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Impacts of tsetse control and land-use on vegetative structure and tree species composition in south-western Ethiopia
Nicholson, C.
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Blake, R.W.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Schelhas, J.
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[Livestock and the environment in the developing world]
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Livestock and the environment in the developing world