Influence of cultivation, settlements and water sources on wildlife distribution and habitat selection in south-east Kajiado, Kenya

Environmental Conservation

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 117-124

  Mworia, J K ^a   Kinyamario, J I ^a   Githaiga, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Disturbance; Land use; Pastoralist; Water; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

CURING; DROUGHT; DRYING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRADIENT METHODS; LAND USE; OCEAN HABITATS; POWER AMPLIFIERS; VEGETATION; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CANONICAL CORRESPONDENCE ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DISTURBANCE; DRY AND WET; DRY SEASONS; GRASS COVER; HABITAT SELECTION; LAND USE CHANGES; PASTORALIST; PRIMARY FACTORS; PROTECTED AREAS; STRATIFIED RANDOM SAMPLING; VEGETATION TYPES; WATER; WATER SOURCES; WET SEASON; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS;

CANONICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; DRY SEASON; HABITAT SELECTION; HUMAN SETTLEMENT; LAND USE CHANGE; MITIGATION; PASTORALISM; POPULATION DECLINE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER RESOURCE; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KAJIADO; KENYA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS;

EID: 49249084751     PISSN: 03768929     EISSN: 14694387     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0376892908004670     Document Type: Article

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