Browsing Life sciences and Bio-engineering by Author "Kiffner, Christian"
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Assessing protected area effectiveness in western Tanzania: Insights from repeated line transect surveys
Kiffner, Christian; Giliba, Richard; Fust, Pascal; Loos, Jacqueline; Waltert, Matthias (wiley, 2023-08-07)In many parts of East Africa, wildlife populations have declined over the past decades. Given these trends, site-based studies are needed to assess how protected areas with differing management strategies enable the effective ... -
Modelling elephant corridors over two decades reveals opportunities for conserving connectivity across a large protected area network
Giliba, Richard; Kiffner, Christian; Fust, Pascal; Loos, Jacqueline (PLOS ONE, 2023-10-13)Protected area (PA) connectivity is pivotal for the persistence of wide-ranging wildlife species, but is challenged by habitat loss and fragmentation. We analyzed habitat suitability and connectivity for the African elephant ... -
Multiple anthropogenic pressures challenge the effectiveness of protected areas in western Tanzania
Giliba, Richard; Fust, Pascal; Kiffner, Christian; Loos, Jacqueline (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2022-03-29)Despite being key conservation instruments, the ecological effectiveness of protected areas (PAs) is contested. To assess the ecological effectiveness of PAs in the Katavi-Rukwa Ecosystem (KRE) in western Tanzania, we ...