Population trend and distribution of the Vulnerable common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius in the Mara Region of Kenya

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Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 20-27

  Kanga, Erustus M ^a,b   Ogutu, Joseph O ^c,d   Olff, Han ^b   Santema, Peter ^b  

^a KENYA WILDLIFE SERVICE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Climatic variability; Hippopotamus amphibius; Kenya; land use change; Masai Mara; population dynamics

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; CLIMATE VARIATION; ECOSYSTEM DYNAMICS; HERBIVORE; LAND USE CHANGE; MAMMAL; POPULATION DECLINE; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURVEY; VULNERABILITY;

KENYA; MASAI MARA NATIONAL RESERVE; RIFT VALLEY;

HIPPOPOTAMIDAE; HIPPOPOTAMUS AMPHIBIUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 79952903945     PISSN: 00306053     EISSN: 13653008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0030605310000931     Document Type: Article

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