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
Bhola, N.
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Reid, Robin S.
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Hobbs, N.T.
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Olff, H.
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[Comparative changes in density and demography of large herbivores in the Masai Mara Reserve and its surrounding human-dominated pastoral ranches in Kenya]
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Comparative changes in density and demography of large herbivores in the Masai Mara Reserve and its surrounding human-dominated pastoral ranches in Kenya
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
Little of the current focus on landscape fragmentation has focused on rangelands or pastoral lands. This paper investigates the existing evidence for causes and processes of fragmentation in pastoral lands and its effects of landscapes and peoples. More conceptual work is needed on the definition...
Reid, Robin S.
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Kruska, R.L.
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[Loss and fragmentation of habitat for pastoral people and wildlife in East Africa: Concepts and issues]
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Loss and fragmentation of habitat for pastoral people and wildlife in East Africa: Concepts and issues
Spatially explicit models are becoming increasingly important tools for simulating land-use change. In this study, we formulated and tested models that incorporated spatial correlates of agricultural expansion and used them to predict local- and landscape-scale patterns of agricultural land-use c...
Msoffe, F.U.
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Said, Mohammed Yahya
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Ogutu, Joseph O.
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Kifugo, S.C.
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Leeuw, Jan de
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Gardingen, P. van
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Spatial correlates of land-use changes in the Maasai-Steppe of Tanzania: Implications for conservation and environmental planning]
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Spatial correlates of land-use changes in the Maasai-Steppe of Tanzania: Implications for conservation and environmental planning
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
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?
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
Effective management and conservation of wildlife populations require reliable estimates of population size, which can be difficult and costly to obtain. We evaluated how precision in estimates of herd size and abundance varies with sample size and strip width using two field surveys and bootstra...
Ogutu, J.
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Bhola, N.
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Piepho, Hans-Peter
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Reid, Robin S.
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[Efficiency of strip- and line-transect surveys of African savanna mammals]
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Efficiency of strip- and line-transect surveys of African savanna mammals