Browsing by Author "Caro, Tim"
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Efficacy of land use designation in protecting habitat in the miombo woodlands: Insights from Tanzania
Lobora, Alex; Nahonyo, Cuthbert; Munishi, Linus; Caro, Tim; Foley, Charles; Beale, Colin (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, 2017-03-17)Loss of natural landscapes surrounding major conservation areas compromise their future and threaten long-term conservation. We evaluate the effectiveness of fully and lesser protected areas within Katavi-Rukwa and ... -
Incipient signs of genetic differentiation among African elephant populations in fragmenting miombo ecosystems in south-western Tanzania
Lobora, Alex; Nahonyo, Cuthbert; Munishi, Linus; Caro, Tim; Foley, Charles; Prunier, Jérôme; Beale, Colin; Eggert, Lori (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2018-07-12)Habitat fragmentation can play a major role in the reduction of genetic diversity among wildlife populations. The Ruaha-Rungwa and Katavi-Rukwa ecosystems in south-western Tanzania comprise one of the world's largest ... -
Modelling habitat conversion in miombo woodlands: insights from Tanzania
Lobora, Alex; Nahonyo, Cuthbert; Munishi, Linus; Caro, Tim; Foley, Charles; Beale, Colin (Taylor & Francis Group, 2017-05-29)Understanding the drivers of natural habitat conversion is a major challenge, yet predicting where future losses may occur is crucial to preventing them. Here, we used Bayesian analysis to model spatio-temporal patterns ...