Spatial, temporal, and physical characteristics of livestock depredations by large carnivores along a Kenyan reserve border

JM Kolowski, KE Holekamp - Biological conservation, 2006 - Elsevier
Most large mammalian carnivores are in global decline, largely due to their involvement in
livestock depredation. Research that advances our understanding of predator–livestock …

Fragmentation of rangelands: Implications for humans, animals, and landscapes

NT Hobbs, KA Galvin, CJ Stokes, JM Lackett… - Global environmental …, 2008 - Elsevier
Fragmentation of the ecosystems of the earth into spatially isolated units has emerged as a
primary component of global change. Often, fragmentation results from actions that are …

[BOK][B] Statistical methods for analysing the spatial dimension of changes in land use and farming systems

JP Lesschen, PH Verburg, SJ Staal - 2005 - Citeseer
Land use and land cover change (LUCC) has important impacts on the functioning of
socioeconomic and environmental systems with important tradeoffs for sustainability, food …

Multiple methods in the study of driving forces of land use and land cover change: a case study of SE Kajiado District, Kenya

DJ Campbell, DP Lusch, TA Smucker, EE Wangui - Human Ecology, 2005 - Springer
This landscape-scale study combines analysis of multitemporal satellite imagery spanning
30 years and information from field studies extending over 25 years to assess the extent and …

Evaluation of a compensation scheme to bring about pastoralist tolerance of lions

SD Maclennan, RJ Groom, DW Macdonald… - Biological …, 2009 - Elsevier
Lions (Panthera leo) are in decline throughout most of their range due to human
persecution, largely provoked by depredation on livestock, and there is debate as to the …

Pastoral herd management, drought co** strategies, and cattle mobility in southern Kenya

B Butt, A Shortridge… - Annals of the Association …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Livestock mobility facilitates opportunistic grazing management strategies that pastoralists
employ to counter environmental variability in rangelands. One such strategy is moving …

[HTML][HTML] Land tenure transformation: The case of community conservancies in northern Kenya

A Pas, EE Watson, B Butt - Political Geography, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last thirty years, community conservancies have become widespread in several
African countries exemplifying new patterns of land and resource governance strategies …

Change and continuity in a pastoralist community in the high Peruvian Andes

JC Postigo, KR Young, KA Crews - Human Ecology, 2008 - Springer
Pastoralists of the high Andes Mountains raise mixed herds of camelids and sheep. This
study evaluates the land use of herdsmen who are confronted by both socioeconomic and …

Seasonal space-time dynamics of cattle behavior and mobility among Maasai pastoralists in semi-arid Kenya

B Butt - Journal of Arid Environments, 2010 - Elsevier
This study was conducted to understand how seasonality in drylands influences the space–
time dynamics of cattle behavior and mobility among pastoralist managed Zebu cattle. The …

Development interventions, changing livelihoods, and the making of female Maasai pastoralists

EE Wangui - Agriculture and Human Values, 2008 - Springer
The broad objective of this paper is to examine the evolution of gendered aspects of
livelihood strategies and their interaction with various development interventions. Central to …