Response of native ungulates to drought in semi-arid Kenyan rangeland

African Journal of Ecology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1009-1020

  Augustine, D J ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cattle; Dik dik; DISTANCE; Eland; Elephant; Impala; Migration; Nomadism; Zebra

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; BIOMASS; DOMESTIC SPECIES; DROUGHT; ECOSYSTEM RESPONSE; HABITAT TYPE; MAMMAL; MIGRATION; NATIVE SPECIES; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PROTECTED AREA; RAINFALL; RANGELAND; SEMIARID REGION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; TELEMETRY; THUNDERSTORM;

KENYA;

ACACIA; AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; BOS; BOS TAURUS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; LOXODONTA AFRICANA; MADOQUA KIRKII; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX; UNGULATA;

EID: 78449240421     PISSN: 01416707     EISSN: 13652028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2028.2010.01207.x     Document Type: Article

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