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
We tested the hypothesis that ungulates time and synchronize births to match gestation and lactation with peak food availability and quality in seasonal environments, using ground counts of topi and warthog conducted over 174 months (July 1989–December 2003) in the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem. Durin...
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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[Rainfall extremes explain interannual shifts in timing and synchrony of calving in topi and warthog]
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Rainfall extremes explain interannual shifts in timing and synchrony of calving in topi and warthog
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 Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), using the Southern Oscilla...
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, S.
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[El Niño-Southern Oscillation, rainfall, temperature and normalized difference vegetation index fluctuations in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem]
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El Niño-Southern Oscillation, rainfall, temperature and normalized difference vegetation index fluctuations in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem