For a long time, trypanosomosis, spread by the tsetse fly Glossina, constrained human settlement in the Lambwe Valley, a south-western Kenya rangeland. After lengthy efforts to control tsetse over many years, the valley is currently experiencing an increase in human population growth rate, and r...
Muriuki, G.W.
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Njoka, T.J.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Nyariki, D.M.
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[Tsetse control and land-use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya]
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Tsetse control and land-use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya
Reid, Robin S.
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[A proposed study of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of tsetse control in the Zambezi Valley by the TTCB, NRI and ILRAD]
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A proposed study of the environmental and socio-economic impacts of tsetse control in the Zambezi Valley by the TTCB, NRI and ILRAD
In southwestern Ethiopia, recent chaotic events, changes in land tenure and introduction of tsetse fly [Glossina tachinoides] control have precipitated changes in the use of land and other natural resources. In turn, these changes have initiated shifts in rangeland biodiversity. Unexpectedly, sma...
Reid, Robin S.
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Wilson, C.J.
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Kruska, R.L.
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[The influence of human use on rangeland biodiversity in Ghibe Valley, Ethiopia, as affected by natural resource use changes and livestock disease control]
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The influence of human use on rangeland biodiversity in Ghibe Valley, Ethiopia, as affected by natural resource use changes and livestock disease control
For at least five decades, tsetse biologists have observed that the populations of some species of tsetse (particularly species in the morsitans group of flies) decline as fly habitat is converted into cultivated land and host populations are decimated by hunting. Some have even suggested that ts...
Reid, Robin S.
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Kruska, R.L.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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[Will human population growth and land-use change control tsetse during our life times?]
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Will human population growth and land-use change control tsetse during our life times?
It has been hypothesized that the presence of the tsetse fly has protected the biological diversity of the African continent by preventing over-use of ecosystems by people and their livestock. Our objective was to evaluate how changes in land-use, a likely impact of tsetse control, affect selecte...
Gardiner, A.J.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Effects of land-use change after tsetse control on biological diversity: The case of northwestern Zimbabwe]
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Effects of land-use change after tsetse control on biological diversity: The case of northwestern Zimbabwe