Glade cascades: Indirect legacy effects of pastoralism enhance the abundance and spatial structuring of arboreal fauna

Ecology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 827-837

  Donihue, Colin M ^a,b,e   Porensky, Lauren M ^b,c   Foufopoulos, Johannes ^a   Riginos, Corinna ^b,d   Pringle, Robert M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MPALA RESEARCH CENTRE   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Acacia; Bomas; Cattle; Dwarf gecko; Edge effects; Glades; Grazing lawns; Kraals; Laikipia, Kenya; Livestock herding; Lygodactylus keniensis; Pastoralism

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARTHROPOD; BIOMASS; CATTLE; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FAUNA; GRAZING; LIVESTOCK; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTORALISM; PRODUCTIVITY; SAVANNA; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

EAST AFRICA; KENYA; LAIKIPIA; RIFT VALLEY;

ACACIA; ARTHROPODA; BOS; GEKKONIDAE; LYGODACTYLUS; SPHAERODACTYLUS;

EID: 84876747744     PISSN: 00129658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1890/12-0856.1     Document Type: Article

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