Gradients in utilisation pressure tend to develop around watering points because water
dependent herbivores are forced to congregate within a maximum distance of about 10-15 …

More of the land surface of the earth is used for grazing than for any other purpose (FAO
1999, WRI 2000, Asner et al. 2004, Ojima and Chuluun, Chapter 8). Although livestock and …

Sustaining wildlife and pastoral communities in savannas worldwide depends on
understanding how landscapes provide for their needs. The composite effects of multiple …

Dual‐scale analyses assessing farm‐scale patterns of ecological change and landscape‐
scale patterns of change in vegetation cover and animal distribution are presented from …

As in other semi-arid savannah systems of the world characterised by highly mobile and/or
migratory ungulates, Botswana's rangelands are experiencing increased fragmentation due …

In Botswana, and several other developing countries, populations of large carnivores are
sources of conflict with livestock-owning people. Some of these large carnivores prey upon …

Wild herbivore diversity and abundance have declined in African savannas for the past 20
years. Competition for forage resources between wild herbivore and livestock species might …

The ways in which herbivores regulate their energy and water balance under hot, dry
conditions are briefly reviewed. Cattle account for about two-thirds of the biomass of …

The small size of many African protected areas makes adjacent rangelands potentially
important in the local survival of wild animals. In order to assess the importance of pastoral …

A national-level land degradation risk monitoring system identified an important grazing
area in central northern Namibia as an area at risk of environmental change. A time series …