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Carbon Sequestration by the Above Ground Biomass Pool in the South West Mau Forest of Kenya, 1985 - 2015
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2020)
Forests are important for regulation of the global carbon balance. Increase in forest biomass enhances atmospheric carbon sequestration while decrease in forest biomass contributes to carbon dioxide emissions. World over, ...
Trend and Variability in Interannual Air Temperature Over South West Mau Forest, 1985 - 2015
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2020)
Globally high altitude forest regions are considered to be more prone to rapid warming. These regions have also shown great seasonal and inter annual temperatures variability. In Kenya mean annual temperatures increased ...
Using the Biological Condition Gradient Model as a Bioassessment Frameworks to Support Rehabilitation and Restoration of the Upper Tana River Watershed in Kenya
(Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2021-07)
The biological condition gradient (BCG), a scientific framework that describes the change in ecosystem characteristics in response to human-induced levels of stressors, was modified and used to characterize watershed ...
Evidence of nutrient translocation in response to smoke exposure by the East African ant acacia, Vachellia drepanolobium
(Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2021-09)
1. Fire is a major selective force on arid grassland communities, favoring traits such as the smoke-induced seed germination response seen in a wide variety of plant species. However, little is known about the relevance ...
Radiometric survey of the Tyaa river sand mine in Kitui, Kenya
(2020-07-02)
Gamma spectroscopic analyses of sand and rock samples from Tyaa River report an average activity concentration of 33 ± 1, 55 ± 2.8 and 812 ± 40.46 Bqkg-1 for 226Ra, 232Th and 40K, respectively in the sand. A similar analysis ...
5. Absentee owners and overlapping home ranges in a territorial species
(2021-01-07)
Abstract Understanding animals’ use of space can shed valuable light on multiple other aspects of behavioral ecology, including social organization, dispersal, and foraging efficiency. Home ranges, territories, core areas, ...
Analysis of Short-Term Drought Episodes Using Sentinel-3 SLSTR Data under a Semi-Arid Climate in Lower Eastern Kenya.
(2023-06)
This study uses Sentinel-3 SLSTR data to analyze short-term drought events between
2019 and 2021. It investigates the crucial role of vegetation cover, land surface temperature, and
water vapor amount associated with ...
Hourly reference evapotranspiration analysis using synoptic meteorological measurements and ERA5 reanalysis data from Kenyan Counties
(2023-09)
Kenya has had five failed rain seasons for the last three years. In this context, there was a mass recurrent crop failure, death of livestock and wildlife, persistent water scarcity, and droughts of varying intensities. ...
Fine‐scale variation in soil and topography influences herbaceous vegetation and the distribution of large mammalian herbivores
(Wiley, 2023-04)
Current understanding of the distribution of vegetation and large mammalian herbivores (LMH) is based
on a combination of biogeographic studies and highly controlled field experiments, but a more complete
understanding ...