Causes, consequences, and conservation of ungulate migration

MJ Kauffman, EO Aikens, S Esmaeili… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Our understanding of ungulate migration is advancing rapidly due to innovations in modern
animal tracking. Herein, we review and synthesize nearly seven decades of work on …

Evidence based review: positive versus negative effects of livestock grazing on wildlife. What do we really know?

JM Schieltz, DI Rubenstein - Environmental Research Letters, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
More than a quarter of earth's land surface is used for grazing domestic livestock. Livestock
grazing is generally assumed to negatively affect wildlife, however, a number of studies …

[PDF][PDF] Woody plant encroachment: causes and consequences

SR Archer, EM Andersen, KI Predick… - Rangeland systems …, 2017 - library.oapen.org
Woody vegetation in grasslands and savannas has increased worldwide over the past 100–
200 years. This phenomenon of “woody plant encroachment”(WPE) has been documented …

Extreme wildlife declines and concurrent increase in livestock numbers in Kenya: What are the causes?

JO Ogutu, HP Piepho, MY Said, GO Ojwang, LW N**o… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
There is growing evidence of escalating wildlife losses worldwide. Extreme wildlife losses
have recently been documented for large parts of Africa, including western, Central and …

Comparing the effects of livestock and native herbivores on plant production and vegetation composition in the Trans-Himalayas

S Bagchi, YV Bhatnagar, ME Ritchie - Pastoralism: Research, Policy and …, 2012 - Springer
Grazing can have implications for ecosystem management, biodiversity conservation,
human livelihoods and global biogeochemical cycles. Grazers can either depress or …

Behavior‐specific habitat selection by African lions may promote their persistence in a human‐dominated landscape

JP Suraci, LG Frank, A Oriol‐Cotterill, S Ekwanga… - Ecology, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Co‐occurrence with humans presents substantial risks for large carnivores, yet human‐
dominated landscapes are increasingly crucial to carnivore conservation as human land use …

An ecosystem services perspective on brush management: research priorities for competing land‐use objectives

SR Archer, KI Predick - Journal of Ecology, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The vegetation of semi‐arid and arid landscapes is often comprised of mixtures of
herbaceous and woody vegetation. Since the early 1900s, shifts from herbaceous to woody …

Rotational grazing with cattle‐free zones supports the coexistence of cattle and wild herbivores in African rangelands

AL Herrik, N Mogensen, JC Svenning… - Journal of Applied …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
African wildlife populations are declining at an alarming rate. To stop further population
declines and restore ecosystems, more areas for wildlife are needed. Community‐based …

Reconciling livestock production and wild herbivore conservation: challenges and opportunities

RA Pozo, JJ Cusack, P Acebes, JE Malo… - Trends in Ecology & …, 2021 - cell.com
Increasing food security and preventing further loss of biodiversity are two of humanity's
most pressing challenges. Yet, efforts to address these challenges often lead to situations of …

Strategic management of livestock to improve biodiversity conservation in A frican savannahs: a conceptual basis for wildlife–livestock coexistence

RWS Fynn, DJ Augustine, MJS Peel… - Journal of Applied …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
African savannas are complex socio‐ecological systems with diverse wild and domestic
herbivore assemblages, which adapt spatially to intra‐and interannual variation in forage …