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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Continuing wildlife population declines and range contraction in the Mara region of Kenya during 1977-2009
Journal of Zoology, Volume 285, No. 2, Year 2011
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Populations of many wild ungulate species in Africa are in decline largely because of land-use changes and other human activities. Analyses that document these declines and advance our understanding of their underlying causes are fundamental to effective management and conservation of wild ungulates. We analyzed temporal trends in wildlife and livestock population abundances in the Mara region of Kenya. We found that wildlife populations in the Mara region declined progressively after 1977, with few exceptions. Populations of almost all wildlife species have declined to a third or less of their former abundance both in the protected Masai Mara National Reserve and in the adjoining pastoral ranches. Human influences appeared to be the fundamental cause. Besides reinforced anti-poaching patrols, the expansion of cultivation, settlements and fences and livestock stocking levels on the pastoral ranches need to be regulated to avoid further declines in the wildlife resource. © 2011 The Authors. Journal of Zoology © 2011 The Zoological Society of London.
Authors & Co-Authors
Ogutu, Joseph Ochieng
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Hohenheim
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Owen-Smith, R. Norman
South Africa, Johannesburg
University of the Witwatersrand
Piepho, Hans Peter
Germany, Stuttgart
Universität Hohenheim
Saïd, Mohammed Yahya
Kenya, Nairobi
International Livestock Research Institute Nairobi
Statistics
Citations: 248
Authors: 4
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1469-7998.2011.00818.x
ISSN:
09528369
e-ISSN:
14697998
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Study Locations
Kenya