Search

Search results for

1. 

   Decline of large mammals in the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem of western Tanzania

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Tim Caro --- Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, U.S.A.

   In the Katavi-Rukwa ecosystem of western Tanzania, aerial censuses carried out between 1988 and 2002 show that populations of several large ungulate species had declined. Five competing factors that could be responsible for these changes were investigated. (i) Rainfall increased...

   View item »
2. 

   The effects of pastoralism and protection on lion behaviour, demography and space use in the Mara Region of Kenya

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: African Zoology • Authors: Niels L. Mogensen --- Department of Biology, Denmark Joseph. O. Ogutu --- International Livestock Research Institute, Kenya Torben Dabelsteen --- Department of Biology, Denmark

   Contraction of their historic geographic ranges and conflicts with humans underpins declines in large carnivore populations worldwide. These declines, which characterize pastoral systems where carnivores, people and livestock live in close contact, may be paralleled by changes in carnivore behaviour...

   View item »