Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 113, Issue 17, 2016, Pages 4579-4584

  Reid, R S ^a,b,c   Nkedianye, D ^a,c,d   Said, M Y ^a,c   Kaelo, D ^a,c   Neselle, M ^a,c   Makui, O ^a,c,e   Onetu, L ^a,c   Kiruswa, S ^c,e   Ole Kamuaro, N ^a   Kristjanson, P ^a   Ogutu, J ^a   BurnSilver, S B ^f   Goldman, M J ^g   Boone, R B ^b   Galvin, K A ^b   Dickson, N M ^h   Clark, W C ^h  

^a INTERNATIONAL LIVESTOCK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^c Reto o Reto Foundation   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION   (Kenya)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^h HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kenya; Outreach; Power; Tanzania; Trust

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY; CONTINUAL ENGAGEMENT MODEL; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; HERD; LAND USE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAVANNA; SCIENCE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION; AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; COOPERATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GRASSLAND; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL; THEORETICAL MODEL; WILD ANIMAL;

AFRICA, EASTERN; AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GRASSLAND; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84964797859     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0900313106     Document Type: Article

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