Search Results - "wildlife"

Rift Valley fever in Kenyan pastoral livestock: Simulation with an individual-based demographic model by Fuhrimann, S., Kimani, T., Hansen, F., Bett, Bernard K., Zinsstag, Jakob, Schelling, E.

“…It affects livestock, humans and wildlife. Epidemic outbreaks of RVF in East Africa, which occur after heavy rainfalls in cycles of 5-15 years, have caused next to human morbidity and mortality considerable economic losses throughout the livestock production and market chain. …”
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Valuing ecosystem services for conservation and development purposes: A case study from Kenya by Silvestri, Silvia, Zaibet, L., Said, Mohammed Yahya, Kifugo, S.C.

“…In particular, the paper identifies services that will be lost if a particular part of landscape is modified: e.g. benefits for livestock and wildlife can be affected by the lack of conservation of corridors and rangelands, while water supply and irrigated crops can be compromised by increased water demand as result of human population pressure mainly at the upstream sub-catchments. …”
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Effects of land-use and tsetse fly control on bird species richness in southwestern Ethiopia by Wilson, C.J., Reid, Robin S., Stanton, N.L., Perry, Brian D.

“…Land conversion, in turn, may have fragmented wildlife habitat. The objective of this paper was to assess the influence of the expansion of agricultural land-use, brought about by tsetse control, on ecological properties by using bird species richness and composition as indicators of environmental impacts. …”
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Land-use and land-cover dynamics in response to changes in climatic, biological and socio-political forces: The case of southwestern Ethiopia by Reid, Robin S., Kruska, Russell L., Muthui, N., Taye, A., Wotton, S., Wilson, C.J., Mulatu, W.

“…The contraction of cropland increased grass biomass and cover, woody plant cover , the frequency and extent of savanna burning, and the abundance of wildlife. With recent control of the tsetse fly, these ecological changes are being reversed. …”
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Seroprevalence and risk factors of Coxiella burnetii (Q fever) infection among humans in Bura irrigation scheme, Tana River County, Kenya by Mwololo, D.K., Kitala, P.M., Wanyoike, S.K., Bett, Bernard K.

“…The bacteria is commonly found in various livestock and wildlife species such as cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, rodents, birds, dogs, cats, etc. …”
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Evaluating fire severity in Sudanian ecosystems of Burkina Faso using Landsat 8 satellite images by Musyimi, Z., Said, Mohammed Yahya, Zida, D., Rosenstock, Todd S., Udelhoven, T., Savadogo, P., Leeuw, Jan de, Aynekulu, Ermias

“…A pair-wise comparison of the severity mean area indicated that the highly burned areas within forests managed for wildlife purposes differed significantly with that of both forests under the joint management (P = 0.006) and those under no management (P = 0.024). …”
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Where and how are roads endangering mammals in Southeast Asia's forests? by Clements, G.R., Lynam, A.J, Gaveau, D.L.A., Wei, L.Y, Lhota, S., Goosem, M, Laurance, S.G.W., Laurance, W.F.

“…Apart from gathering qualitative evidence from the literature to assess their claims, we demonstrate how species-distribution models, satellite imagery and animal-sign surveys can be used to provide quantitative evidence of roads causing impacts by (1) cutting through habitats where endangered mammals are likely to occur, (2) intensifying forest conversion, and (3) contributing to illegal hunting and wildlife trade. To our knowledge, ours is the first study to identify specific roads threatening endangered mammals in Southeast Asia. …”
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Natural Resource Management Schemes as Entry Points for Integrated Landscape Approaches: Evidence from Ghana and Burkina Faso by Foli, S., Ros-Tonen, M.A.F., Reed, J.D., Sunderland, Terry C.H.

“…This paper assesses the entry point potential for three established natural resource management schemes in West Africa that target landscape degradation with involvement of local communities: the Chantier d'Aménagement Forestier scheme encompassing forest management sites across Burkina Faso and the Modified Taungya System and community wildlife resource management initiatives in Ghana. …”
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Bushmeat consumption among rural and urban children from Province Orientale, Democratic Republic of Congo by Vliet, N. van, Nebesse, C., Nasi, Robert

“…We show that despite the tendency towards more urbanized population profiles and increased livelihood opportunities away from forest and farms, wildlife harvest remains a critical component of nutritional security and diversity in both rural and urban areas of the Democratic Republic of Congo.…”
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Techne meets Metis: Knowledge and practices for tick control in Laikipia County, Kenya by Mutavi, Faith, Aarts, N., Passen, A. van, Heitkönig, I., Wieland, Barbara

“…This article diagnoses tick control practices, knowledge underlying these practices and how knowledge is shared at the wildlife-livestock interface in Laikipia County, Kenya. …”
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Technical guidelines for the design and management of participatory connectivity conservation and restoration projects at the landscape scale in Latin America by Herrera F., Bernal, Chassot, Olivier, Monge, Guiselle, Canet, Lindsay

“…These view the biological corridor as merely a linear habitat of various types that interconnects important habitat core areas in order to maintain wildlife populations. Although we preserve this focus, our experience shows that biological corridors can also serve as platforms for diverse stakeholder and institutional participation that seeks both conservation connectivity as well as sustainable development and human wellbeing.…”
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Breeding dynamics of a Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) population in the boreal forest of Sweden by Daouti, Eirini - Lamprini

Risky places and risky times by Müller-Rowold, Noé

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A diet study of post-breeding Great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo sinensis) on Gotland by Larsson, Anton

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The effect of a natural forest fire on beetle assemblages in the boreal forest of Sweden by Andersson, Jon

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Indirect effects of mammalian herbivores on invertebrates in a river gradient of the Kruger National Park, South Africa by Bell, David

Biodiversity in assisted migration trials : a study comparing the arthropod diversity between different populations of cottonwood (Populus Fremontii) translocated to new areas by Noro Larsson, Maria

Migration routes, stopover sites and home range sizes of Taiga Bean Geese (Anser fabalis fabalis) breeding in northern Sweden and central Norway tracked by GPS tags by Boer, Jorina

The role of predation in mass mortality of wood Lemmings (Myopus schisticolor) by Wallgren, Björn

Using camera traps to identify the influence of seasonal climate variations on the passage rates of a multi-species ungulate community in Öster Malma, Sweden by Varley, Nicholas