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Financing provision of environmental services in Mt. Elgon region for the protection of watersheds
(VDM Dr Muller Gmbh and co, 2011-01)
This study examined direct payments for environmental services (PES) as a program for supporting the conservation of forest resources and services where environmental conservation is financed on the basis ...
Faecal Bacterial and Parasitic Contamination of Drinking Water in Eldoret Municipality, Kenya
(2012)
Faecal contamination of water can introduce a variety of pathogens into water ways, including bacteria, viruses, protozoans and parasitic worms. Poor excreta disposal is often associated with lack of adequate water supplies, ...
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 ...