A5016306353- Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Animal Ecology and Behavior Studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
Mpala Research Center and Wildlife Foundation
2020-2023
Karatina University
2020-2023
Do hotspots of plant biodiversity translate into in the abundance and diversity large mammalian herbivores? A common expectation community ecology is that plants animals should be positively correlated space, as with latitudinal gradient geographic mosaic biodiversity. Whether this pattern ‘scales down’ to landscape-level linkages between or activities highly mobile megafauna has received less attention. We investigated spatial associations herbivores by integrating data from a...
Abstract Current understanding of the distribution vegetation and large mammalian herbivores (LMH) is based on a combination biogeographic studies highly controlled field experiments, but more complete these patterns requires study their natural co‐occurrence at intermediate spatial scales. The was conducted in 120‐ha Mpala Forest Global Earth Observatory (ForestGEO) plot, Kenya. We examined differences herbaceous plant communities habitat use by LMH among three topographic habitats with...
Abstract Effects of large mammalian herbivores on woody vegetation tend to be heterogeneous in space and time, but the factors that drive such heterogeneity are poorly understood. We examined influence fine‐scale habitat distribution browsing effects two largest African terrestrial mammals, elephant giraffe. conducted this study within a 120‐ha (500 x 2,400 m) ForestGEO long‐term monitoring plot located at Mpala Research Center, Kenya. The traverses three distinct topographic habitats...
Abstract Fire, herbivores, and climatic factors are all major drivers of savanna grassland dynamics, they interact in complex ways, which still the process being explored. In particular, herbivores can reduce fire intensity by removal biomass, this could be reinforced herbivores’ attraction to recently burned sites, although resilience may limit temporal depth such effects. Fire temperature is most common metric reported for fire, but additional aspects behavior also measured. Using a set...