Rangeland Conservation and Shrub Encroachment: New Perspectives on an Old Problem

Recovery of Ungulate Populations in Post-Civil War Akagera National Park, Rwanda

“…Increasing bush in Akagera NP can especially affect grazing species (Averbeck, 2001;Archer, 2010;J. Gruner, pers.…”

Persistence of Two Small Antelope Species in the Degraded Mutara Rangelands (Akagera Ecosystem) Based on Pastoralists’ and Farmers’ Perceptions

“…African rangelands are nowadays often characterized by dramatic alterations of landscape structure, with a predominance of few(er) vegetation types as a result of human activities such as livestock (cattle and goat) grazing and subsistence agriculture, which are typically accompanied by pronounced changes in the communities of ungulates (Archer 2010). Nevertheless, two small-bodied ungulate species, the common duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia; 10-14 kg body mass) and the bushbuck (Tragelaphus sylvaticus; 35-80 kg) have been shown to subsist in heavily impacted areas of today's rural Africa (Schmidt Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10745-015-9753-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.…”

Simulating the Productivity of Desert Woody Shrubs in Southwestern Texas

“…alterations in landscape net primary production pattern and reduction plant biodiversity) accompanied by increased water erosion, runoff, and leaching. This has also resulted in decreased forage availability for domestic livestock and wildlife [8,[12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

“…In the southwestern U.S., at lower and more level surfaces, many grasslands have been encroached on by two invasive woody shrubs, creosotebush (Larrea tridentate) and honey mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) [7,16,19]. Densities of creosotebush and mesquite have increased in desert and arid rangelands in the southwestern U.S. since late in the nineteenth century [20,21].…”