Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

One-third of global protected land is under intense human pressure

(2018) Kendall R. Jones et al.   SCIENCE

Rainfall trends and variation in the Maasai Mara ecosystem and their implications for animal population and biodiversity dynamics

(2018) Gundula S. Bartzke et al.   PLoS One

Fencing bodes a rapid collapse of the unique Greater Mara ecosystem

(2017) Mette Løvschal et al.   Scientific Reports

Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution

(2016) Mohammed Y. Said et al.   JOURNAL FOR NATURE CONSERVATION

Effects of herbivores on nitrogen fixation by grass endophytes, legume symbionts and free-living soil surface bacteria in the Serengeti

(2016) Mark E. Ritchie et al.   PEDOBIOLOGIA

Uncoupling the effects of phosphorus and precipitation on arbuscular mycorrhizas in the Serengeti

(2015) Jeffrey Ryan Propster et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

US protected lands mismatch biodiversity priorities

(2015) Clinton N. Jenkins et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Protected areas and global conservation of migratory birds

(2015) C. A. Runge et al.   SCIENCE

Increasing human dominance of tropical forests

(2015) S. L. Lewis et al.   SCIENCE

The climate hazards infrared precipitation with stations—a new environmental record for monitoring extremes

(2015) Chris Funk et al.   Scientific Data

Mapping Soil Properties of Africa at 250 m Resolution: Random Forests Significantly Improve Current Predictions

(2015) Tomislav Hengl et al.   PLoS One

How pastoralism changes savanna vegetation: impact of old pastoral settlements on plant diversity and abundance in south-western Kenya

(2014) Ville Vuorio et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Competition, predation, and migration: individual choice patterns of Serengeti migrants captured by hierarchical models

(2014) J. Grant C. Hopcraft et al.   ECOLOGICAL MONOGRAPHS

The performance and potential of protected areas

(2014) James E. M. Watson et al.   NATURE

The effect of bushmeat consumption on migratory wildlife in the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania

(2014) Dennis Rentsch et al.   ORYX

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence

(2013) C. Packer et al.   ECOLOGY LETTERS

Impacts of traditional livestock corrals on woody plant communities in an East African savanna

(2013) Kari E. Veblen   RANGELAND JOURNAL

Dynamics of ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes in an insularized African savanna ecosystem

(2012) Joseph O. Ogutu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Land-cover change and human population trends in the greater Serengeti ecosystem from 1984–2003

(2012) Anna Bond Estes et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Body size and the division of niche space: food and predation differentially shape the distribution of Serengeti grazers

(2011) J. Grant C. Hopcraft et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Hippopotamus and livestock grazing: influences on riparian vegetation and facilitation of other herbivores in the Mara Region of Kenya

(2011) Erustus M. Kanga et al.   Landscape and Ecological Engineering

Lessons about parks and poverty from a decade of forest loss and economic growth around Kibale National Park, Uganda

(2011) L. Naughton-Treves et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reconciling Food Production and Biodiversity Conservation: Land Sharing and Land Sparing Compared

(2011) B. Phalan et al.   SCIENCE

African Wild Ungulates Compete with or Facilitate Cattle Depending on Season

(2011) W. O. Odadi et al.   SCIENCE

Biodiversity and ecosystem services: a multilayered relationship

(2011) Georgina M. Mace et al.   TRENDS IN ECOLOGY & EVOLUTION

Interactions between protected areas and their surroundings in human-dominated tropical landscapes

(2010) Ruth DeFries et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Large mammal population declines in Africa’s protected areas

(2010) Ian D. Craigie et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

European Bison habitat in the Carpathian Mountains

(2010) Tobias Kuemmerle et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Hard choices: Making trade-offs between biodiversity conservation and human well-being

(2010) Thomas O. McShane et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

The Serengeti food web: empirical quantification and analysis of topological changes under increasing human impact

(2010) Sara N. de Visser et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Protected areas reduced poverty in Costa Rica and Thailand

(2010) K. S. Andam et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Identifying and prioritizing ungulate migration routes for landscape-level conservation

(2009) Hall Sawyer et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Dynamics of Mara-Serengeti ungulates in relation to land use changes

(2009) J. O. Ogutu et al.   JOURNAL OF ZOOLOGY

A Disease-Mediated Trophic Cascade in the Serengeti and its Implications for Ecosystem C

(2009) Ricardo M. Holdo et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Global decline in aggregated migrations of large terrestrial mammals

(2009) G Harris et al.   Endangered Species Research

An active-fire based burned area mapping algorithm for the MODIS sensor

(2008) Louis Giglio et al.   REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT

Accelerated Human Population Growth at Protected Area Edges

(2008) G. Wittemyer et al.   SCIENCE