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1. Impacts of Pastoralists on Woodlands in South Turkana, Kenya: Livestock‐ Mediated Tree Recruitment

Author:
Reid, Robin S.; Ellis, James E.
Source:
Ecological applications 1995 v.5 no.4 pp. 978-992
ISSN:
1051-0761
Subject:
Acacia tortilis; arid lands; desertification; diet; ecosystems; livestock; pods; rain; rangelands; reproduction; seedling emergence; seedlings; soil; species recruitment; trees; woodlands; woody plants; Kenya
Abstract:
... Since the turn of the century, African pastoralists have been held responsible for overuse of woody plants and for the degradation and desertification of many arid and semiarid lands. We analyzed the impacts of pastoral nomads and their livestock on the recruitment (establishment to first reproduction) of Acacia tortilis, a dominant tree in the dry woodlands of South Turkana, Kenya, where Acacia s ...
DOI:
10.2307/2269349