Post Drought Population Status and Trend of Specialized Browsers in the Mid Kenya-Tanzania Borderland
| Autor: | Philip Muruthi, Samwel Bakari, David Kimutai, Fiesta Warinwa, Hanori Maliti, Nathan Gichohi, Noah Sitati, Machoke Mwita, Daniel Muteti, Edeus Massawe, Moses Makonjio Okello, Erastus Kanga, John Warui Kiringe, Lekishon Kenana, Stephen Ndambuki |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0106 biological sciences
Wet season 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences biology Ecology National park Species distribution biology.organism_classification Spatial distribution 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences Oryx Tanzania Geography Lesser kudu biology.animal Dry season 0105 earth and related environmental sciences |
| Zdroj: | Natural Resources. :580-610 |
| ISSN: | 2158-7086 2158-706X |
| DOI: | 10.4236/nr.2016.710048 |
| Popis: | We examined the population status, trend and distribution of Gerenuk, Fringe-eared Oryx and Lesser kudu in the Northern Tanzania and Southern Kenya borderland after the 2007 to 2009 drought. The species were characterized by low numbers and sparsely distributed in the borderland but were more prevalent and abundant in the Amboseli region. However, West Kilimanjaro had the highest positive change in density between 2010 and 2013 [Gerenuk = +1650.48 ± 1150.31, lesser kudu = +912.78 ± 487.63 and Fringe-eared Oryx = +366.65 ± 233.32]. Changes in density and composition varied seasonally among the different sectors of the borderland, with Gerenuk having the highest change in the Amboseli area during the wet season. Lesser kudu had the highest change in Amboseli and Kilimanjaro during the wet season while Fringe-eared Oryx had the highest change in the wet season in West Kilimanjaro area. Spatial distribution of the species varied seasonally and across different sectors of the borderland. In the dry season, Gerenuk exhibited a clumped distribution mainly in Amboseli National Park, and between Natron and West Kilimanjaro but in the wet season, it spread out more though higher concentrations were still found Amboseli and West Kilimanjaro. Lesser concentrated in mostly in West Kilimanjaro and Amboseli during the dry season but was widely dispersed during the wet season. Similarly, during the dry season, the Fringe-eared Oryx was confined in the Amboseli and West Kilimanjaro areas but during the wet season, it much more spread out with clusters in the Mbirikani area of the Amboseli region and a few places in Magadi, Natron and West Kilimanjaro. Management implications of the findings obtained in this study area here-in discussed. |
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