Herbivore dynamics and range contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and land use changes, population pressures, governance, policy and human-wildlife conflicts

Open Ecology Journal

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-31

  Ogutu, Joseph O ^a,b   Piepho, Hans Peter ^a   Said, Mohammed Y ^b   Kifugo, Shem C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Climate change; Governance; Human wildlife conflicts; Land use change; Livestock; Pastoralism; Policy; Population dynamics; Rainfall influences; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

AEPYCEROS MELAMPUS; ALCELAPHUS BUSELAPHUS; BOS; CAPRA HIRCUS; EQUUS ASINUS; EQUUS SUBG. HIPPOTIGRIS; GIRAFFIDAE; KOBUS ELLIPSIPRYMNUS; LITOCRANIUS WALLERI; ORYX; OVIS ARIES; STRUTHIONIFORMES; TRAGELAPHUS ORYX;

EID: 84928942983     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18742130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874213001407010009     Document Type: Article

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