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Journal of Arid Environments

• Population density of elephants and other key large herbivores in the Amboseli ecosystem of Kenya in relation to droughts

  <p>Kenya/Tanzania borderland is a critical area for conservation of biodiversity. This study was done to establish the effects of 2007 and 2009 droughts through aerial counts. Findings indicate that large

  • 01/09/2016

  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • • Elephant
    • Droughts
    • Kenya
    • Africa
    • Mammals
    • Climate Change
    • Rainfall Pattern
    • Wildlife
    • National Parks

• Religious tradition of conservation associated with greater abundance of a keystone tree species in rural Western Rajasthan, India

  <p>Land-use and land-cover change in the Thar Desert region of Rajasthan threatens the persistence of many ecologically and economically important species. The Bishnoi people of Rajasthan have religiously

  • 01/04/2014

  • Journal of Arid Environments
  • • Trees
    • Religious Beliefs
    • Rajasthan
    • Khejri
    • Jodhpur (D)
    • Deserts