Relationship between road dust and ungulate density in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 547-555

  Ndibalema, Vedasto G ^a,d   Mduma, Simon ^b   Stokke, Sigbjørn ^c   Røskaft, Eivin ^d  

^a SUA   (Tanzania)

^b TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Distance sampling; Dust pollution; Grazing; Road ecology; Serengeti; Vehicle traffic

Indexed keywords

DUST; GRASS; GRAZING; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; TRAFFIC EMISSION; UNGULATE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

POACEAE; UNGULATA;

EID: 57449105113     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2007.00898.x     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. Anon (1966) Wildlife and the road verges. Oryx 8, 227.
2. Belsky, J. (1985) Long-term monitoring in the Serengeti National Park, Tanzania. J. Appl. Ecol. 22, 449 460.
3. Cuperus, R., Canthes, J.K. Piepers, A.G.A. (1996) Ecological compensation of the impacts of a road. Preliminary method for the A50 road link (Eindhoven-Oss, The Netherlands). Ecol. Eng. 7, 327 349.
4. Davison, A.W. (1971) The effect of de-icing salt on roadside verges 1, soil and plant analysis. J. Appl. Ecol. 8, 555 561.
5. Dyer, S.J., O'neill, J.P., Wasel, S.M. Boutin, S. (2002) Quantifying barrier effects of roads and seismic lines on movements of female woodland caribou in Northeast Alberta. Can. J. Zool. 80, 839 845.
6. Farmer, A.M. (1991) The Effects of Dust on Vegetation and Its Consequences for Nature Conservation in Great Britain. CSD Note 57. Nature Conservancy Council, Peterborough.
7. Forman, R.T.T. Sperling, G. (2003) Road Ecology: Science and Solutions. Island Press, Washington DC.
8. Freitag-Ronaldson, S. Foxcroft, L.C. (2003) Anthropogenic influences at the ecosystem level. In : The Kruger Experience: Ecology and Management of Savanna Heterogeneity (Eds J. T. DU Toit, K. H. Rogers H. C. Biggs). Island Press, Washington, DC.
9. Fryxell, J.M. Sinclair, A.R.E. (1988) Causes and consequences of migration by large herbivores. Trends Ecol. Evol. 3, 37 241.
10. Jager, T. (1982) Soils of the Serengeti Woodlands, Tanzania. Agricultural Resources Report, 912. Cen. Agr. Publ. Doc., Wageningen, the Netherlands.
11. Kerley, L.L., Goodrich, J.M., Miquelle, D.G., Smirnov, E.N., Quigley, H.B. Hornocker, M.G. (2002) Effects of roads and human disturbance on Amur tigers. Conserv. Biol. 16, 97 108.
12. Lonsdale, W.M. Lane, A.M. (1994) Tourist vehicle as vectors of weed seeds in Kakadu National Park, northern Australia. Biol. Conserv. 69, 277 283.
13. McNaughton, S.J. (1985) Ecology of a grazing ecosystem: the Serengeti. Ecol. Monogr. 55, 259 294.
14. McNaughton, S.J., Tarrants, J.L., McNaughton, M.M. Davis, R.D. (1985) Silica as a defence against herbivory and a growth promoter in African grasses. Ecology 66, 528 535.
15. Ninomiya, J.S., Bergman, W. Simpson, B.H. (1971) Automotive particulate emissions. In : Proceedings of the Second International Clean Air Congress (Eds H.M. Englund W.T. Beery). Academic Press, New York.
16. Pienaar, U.de.V. (1968) The ecological significance of roads in a National Park. Koedoe 11, 169 175.
17. Reijnen, R. (1995) Disturbance by car traffic as a threat to breeding birds in the Netherlands. PhD Thesis. Institute of Forest Resources, Wageningen, the Netherlands.
18. Reijnen, R. Foppen, R. (1991) Effect of road traffic on the breeding site-tenacity of male willow warblers (Phylloscopus trochillus). J. Ornithol. 132, 291 295.
19. Reijnen, R., Foppen, R., Ter Braak, C. Thissen, J. (1995) The effects of car traffic on breeding bird populations in woodland. III. Reduction of density in relation to proximity of main roads. J. Appl. Ecol. 32, 187 202.
20. Smith, W.H. (1971) Lead contamination of roadside white pine. For. Sci. 17, 195 198.
21. Spellerberg, F.I. (1998) Ecological effects of road and traffic: a literature review. Glob. Ecol. Biog. Lett. 7, 317 333.
22. Thompson, J.R., Mueller, P.W., Fluckiger, W. Rutter, A.J. (1984) The effects of dust on photosynthesis and its significance for roadside plants. Env. Pollut. A 34, 171 190.
23. Walker, D.A. Everett, K.R. (1987) Road dust and its environmental impact on Alaskan Taiga and Tundra. Arct. Alp. Res. 19, 479 489.
24. Wasser, S., Bevis, K., King, G. Hanson, E. (1997) Non-invasive physiological measures of disturbance in the northern spotted owl. Conserv. Biol. 11, 1019 1022.
25. Williams, S.H. Kay, R.F. (2001) A comparative test of adaptive explanation for hypodont in ungulates and rodents. J. Mamm. Evol. 8, 207 229.
26. Williams, K.J., Wilsey, B.J., McNaughton, S.J. Banyikwa, F.F. (1998) Temporally variable rainfall does not limit yields of Serengeti grasses. Oikos 81, 463 470.
27. Wilmshurst, J.F., Fryxell, J.M. Colucci, P. (1999) What constrains daily intake in Thompson's Gazelles? Ecology 80, 2338 2347.