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Livestock and Wildlife Population Distributions in Relation to Aridity and Human Population in Kenya
Author
Peden, D. G.
Publisher
Society for Range Management
Publication Year
1987-01-01
Body

In response to the demand for inventories of livestock and wildlife populations in Kenya, animal censuses were completed during the period 1977 to 1983 using low level, systematic reconnaissance flights. Total stocking levels, ratios of livestock to wildlife, and ratios of cattle to sheep and goats were estimated in terms of tropial animal units for each administrative district. The total stocking level, the ratio of cattle to sheep and goats, and human population density were negatively correlated to aridity. In the driest districts, livestock were low in absolute density but their per capita importance to the human population was high. This material was digitized as part of a cooperative project between the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. The Journal of Range Management archives are made available by the Society for Range Management and the University of Arizona Libraries. Contact lbry-journals@email.arizona.edu for further information. Migrated from OJS platform August 2020

Language
en
Resource Type
Text
Document Type
Journal Issue/Article
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.2307/3899364
Additional Information
Peden, D. G. (1987). Livestock and wildlife population distributions in relation to aridity and human populations in Kenya. Journal of Range Management, 40(1), 67-71.
IISN
0022-409X
OAI Identifier
oai:repository.arizona.edu:10150/645364
Journal Volume
40
Journal Number
1
Journal Pages
67-71
Journal Name
Journal of Range Management
Keywords
population distribution
aerial surveys
censuses
aridity
kenya rangeland ecological monitoring unit
human population
arid zones
wildlife
Kenya
range management
rangelands
livestock