Contrasting effects of cattle and wildlife on the vegetation development of a savanna landscape mosaic

Journal of Ecology

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 993-1001

  Veblen, Kari E ^a,b   Young, Truman P ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cattle wildlife interactions; Ecological legacies; Facilitation; Foraging behaviour; Landscape heterogeneity; Pastoralism; Plant herbivore interactions; Rangeland; Succession

Indexed keywords

CATTLE; COEXISTENCE; FACILITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HETEROGENEITY; HOT SPOT; PASTORALISM; PLANT COMMUNITY; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION; RANGELAND; SUCCESSION; WILD POPULATION;

KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

BOS; CYNODON PLECTOSTACHYUS; ELEPHANTIDAE; EQUIDAE; GAZELLA; GIRAFFIDAE; PENNISETUM GLAUCUM; PENNISETUM STRAMINEUM; UNGULATA;

EID: 77955391096     PISSN: 00220477     EISSN: 13652745     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2745.2010.01705.x     Document Type: Article

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