Natality and recruitment govern animal population dynamics, but their responses to fluctuating resources, competition, predation, shifting habitat conditions, density feedback and diseases are poorly understood. To understand the influences of climatic and land use changes on population dynamics,...
Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Dublin, H.T.
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Bhola, N.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Dynamics of births and juvenile recruitment in Mara-Serengeti ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes]
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Dynamics of births and juvenile recruitment in Mara-Serengeti ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes
Understanding long-term climatic variability is basic to
wise management and conservation of biodiversity. We
analysed temporal variations in the local rainfall, temperature,
Normalized Difference Vegetation Index and the
hemispheric El Nin˜ o-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), using
the Southern Oscil...
Ogutu, J.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Dublin, H.T.
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Bhola, N.
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Enso, rainfall, temperature and NDVI fluctuations in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem]
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Enso, rainfall, temperature and NDVI fluctuations in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem
Accurate estimation of wildlife population size is central to effective management and conservation but is notoriously difficult for rare and cryptic carnivores. Mark-recapture methods can reliably estimate the abundance of large carnivores but are sensitive to departures from the assumption of e...
Ogutu, J.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Dublin, H.T.
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Reid, Robin S.
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Bhola, N.
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[Application of mark-recapture methods to lions: Satisfying assumptions by using covariates to explain heterogeneity]
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Application of mark-recapture methods to lions: Satisfying assumptions by using covariates to explain heterogeneity
Context: The timing and synchrony of births are important components of fitness among ungulates living in seasonal environments.
Aims: We investigated the effects of rainfall variation on interannual variation in the timing, synchrony and prolificity of births for six African ungulate species in...
Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Dublin, H.T.
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[Responses of phenology, synchrony and fecundity of breeding by African ungulates to interannual variation in rainfall]
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Responses of phenology, synchrony and fecundity of breeding by African ungulates to interannual variation in rainfall