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Anthropogenic stressors influence small mammal communities in tropical East African savanna at multiple spatial scales

Andrea E. Byrom, Auteur ; Ally J. K. Nkwabi, Auteur ; Kristine Metzger, Auteur ; Simon A. R. Mduma, Auteur ; Guy J. Forrester, Auteur ; Wendy A. Ruscoe, Auteur ; Denne N. Reed, Auteur ; John Bukombe, Auteur ; John Mchetto, Auteur ; A. R. E. Sinclair, Auteur

Dans Wildlife Research (42(2) 2015)

Context. Protection of natural ecosystems undoubtedly safeguards ecological communities, with positive benefits for ecosystem processes and function. However, ecosystems are under threat from anthropogenic stressors that reduce the resilience bo[...]

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Responses of the Serengeti avifauna to long-term change in the environment

Anthony R. E. Sinclair, Auteur ; Ally Nkwabi, Auteur ; Simon A. R. Mduma, Auteur ; Flora Magige, Auteur

Dans Ostrich (85(1) JAN 2 2014)

In this paper we examine how climate change interacts with other disturbances to alter the functioning of a tropical ecosystem, the Serengeti in Tanzania. Tropical Africa has increasing temperatures and changes in rainfall. Long-term data have s[...]

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The role of rainfall and predators in determining synchrony in reproduction of savanna trees in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania

Simon A. R. Mduma, Auteur ; A. R. E. Sinclair, Auteur ; Roy Turkington, Auteur

Dans Journal of Ecology (95(1) JAN 2007)

1 We examined the factors determining synchrony in reproduction in nine Acacia and six other tree species in the Serengeti ecosystem. 2 We test two hypotheses: (i) an abiotic hypothesis where the primary determinant of synchrony is an adaptation[...]

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Using historical data to establish baselines for conservation: The black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) of the Serengeti as a case study

Kristine L. Metzger, Auteur ; A. R. E. Sinclair, Auteur ; Kenneth L. I. Campbell, Auteur ; Ray Hilborn, Auteur ; J. Grant C. Hopcraft, Auteur ; Simon A. R. Mduma, Auteur ; Robin M. Reich, Auteur

Dans Biological Conservation (139(3-4) OCT 2007)

illegal hunting of rhinoceros in East Africa was widespread in the late 1970s. Today, rhinoceros numbers remain perilously low. The Eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) is restricted to protected areas within Kenya and Tanzania a[...]

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