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Interannual variability of NDVI and species richness in Kenya
(International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS), 2000)
A central task in community ecology is to determine biophysical controls of species richness patterns. Most multivariate
models relating environmental characteristics to species richness were developed with sparse point ...
Growth performance of bamboo in tobacco-growing regions in South Nyanza, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2008)
The study was carried out on 120 field experimentation sites where 2420 bamboo cuttings were planted under the same natural tobacco growing conditions in five different zones (that is, zone A = hillside/steep sloping ...
Predicting Mammal Species Richness from Remotely Sensed Data at Different Spatial Scales
(2008-12-05)
Spatial variability in species richness has been postulated to depend upon environmental factors such as climatic variability, Net primary productivity and habitat heterogeneity. The Advanced Very High Resolution ...
Understanding the relationship between environmental energy availability and bird species richness in Kenya using remote sensing and ancillary data
(2008-12-05)
The energy hypothesis predicts that, in regions of roughly equal area, energy flux per unit of area should be the
prime determinant of species richness. In the case of plants, primary production represents realized energy ...
Body size and abundance relationship: an index of diversity for herbivores
(Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001-11-01)
It is evident to any biologist that small-bodied species within a given higher taxon (order, class, phylum, etc.) tend to be represented by more individuals. Hence small-bodied species are generally more abundant than ...
Spatial patterns of species diversity in Kenya
(2001)
It is evident to any biologist that small-bodied species within a given higher taxon
(order, class, phylum, etc) tend to be represented by more individuals. Hence smallbodied species are generally more abundant than ...
Environmental factors influencing bird species diversity in Kenya
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2001-09)
Sustainable resource management requires understanding the factors that increase or decrease species richness. Regional species richness patterns may be predicted by analysing patterns of variation in the environment. A ...
Mapping habitat and biological diversity in the Maasai Mara ecosystem
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2003-01-01)
There is need to identify ecosystems that support richer assemblages of biological species in order to preserve habitats and protect the greatest number of species. Remotely sensed data hold tremendous potential for mapping ...
Biodiversity assessment by remote sensing
(2003-11-10)
Measuring the complexity of species in (semi)
natural environments is time consuming and expensive. In
this paper we summarise remote sensing techniques developed
for mapping and monitoring biodiversity of herbivores ...
THE DIMINISHING WEALTH: THE CASE OF NYAMASARIA WETLANDS IN KISUMU TOWN
(Egerton university press, 2007-04)
Although household food security may not capture all dimensions of food such as
availability, access and utilisation; inability of households to put enough and
quality food on the table is a manifestation of bad food ...