Rainfall influences on ungulate population abundance in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem

Journal of Animal Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 814-829

  Ogutu, J O ^a,b   Piepho, H P ^b   Dublin, H T ^c   Bhola, N ^c   Reid, R S ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL BIODIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Demographic monitoring; ENSO; Rainfall variability; Seasonality; Temperature

Indexed keywords

RAIN;

ABUNDANCE; AGE STRUCTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; EL NINO-SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; GLOBAL WARMING; NATIONAL PARK; RAINFALL; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; UNGULATE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KENYA; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; SEASON; SEX RATIO; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANIMALS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOSYSTEM; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; KENYA; MAMMALS; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GROWTH; RAIN; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; MARA; MASAI MARA; RIFT VALLEY; SERENGETI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ALCELAPHUS; ANIMALIA; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS; DAMALISCUS LUNATUS KORRIGUM; EQUUS BURCHELLII; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; GIRAFFA CAMELOPARDALIS; GIRAFFIDAE; KOBUS; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; MAMMALIA; PHACOCHOERUS; PHACOCHOERUS AETHIOPICUS; UNGULATA;

EID: 44849088280     PISSN: 00218790     EISSN: 13652656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2656.2008.01392.x     Document Type: Article

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