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Miller, Joshua H., Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Andrew Du, S. Kathleen Lyons, David Patterson, Anikó Tóth, Amelia Villaseñor, Erustus Kanga, and Denné Reed. "Ecological fidelity of functional traits based on species presence-absence in a modern mammalian bone assemblage (Amboseli, Kenya)." Paleobiology 40, no. 4 (2014): 560–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/13062.

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Comparisons between modern death assemblages and their source communities have demonstrated fidelity to species diversity across a variety of environments and taxonomic groups. However, differential species preservation and collection (including body-size bias) in both modern and fossil death assemblages may still skew the representation of other important ecological characteristics. Here, we move beyond live-dead taxonomic fidelity and focus on the recovery of functional ecology (how species interact with their ecosystem) at the community level for a diverse non-volant mammal community (87 species; Amboseli, Kenya). We use published literature to characterize species, using four functional traits and their associated categorical attributes (i) dietary mode (11 attributes; e.g., browser, grazer), (ii) preferred feeding habitat (16 attributes; e.g., grassland, woodland), (iii) preferred sheltering habitat (17 attributes; e.g., grassland, underground cavity), and (iv) activity time (7 attributes; e.g., diurnal, nocturnal, nocturnally dominated crepuscular). For each functional ecological trait we compare the death assemblage's recovered richness and abundance structure of constituent functional attributes with those of the source community, using Jaccard similarity, Spearman's rho, and the Probability of Interspecific Encounter (evenness). We use Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate whether these empirical comparisons are significantly different from expectations calculated from randomized sampling of species from the source community. Results indicate that although the Amboseli death assemblage is significantly overrepresented by large-bodied species relative to the Amboseli source community, it captures many functional dimensions of the ecosystem within expectations of a randomized collection of species. Additional resampling simulations and logistic regressions further illustrate that the size bias inherent to the Amboseli death assemblage is not a major driver of deviations between the functional ecological properties of the death assemblage and its source community. Finally, the Amboseli death assemblage also enhances our understanding of the mammal community by adding nine species and two functional attributes previously unknown from the ecosystem.
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SCHMIDT, RAY C., HENRY L. JR BART, and WANJA DOROTHY NYINGI. "Integrative taxonomy of the red-finned barb, Enteromius apleurogramma (Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) from Kenya, supports recognition of E. amboseli as a valid species." Zootaxa 4482, no. 3 (September 19, 2018): 566. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4482.3.8.

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Research on freshwater ecosystems in East Africa is providing a better understanding of the biodiversity in the region. Recent studies of the Kenyan barbs (Cyprininae: Smiliogastrini) revealed diversity within several nominal species from the region. In this study, we examine the molecular and morphological variation in the red-finned barb (Enteromius apleurogramma). The results of this study support the recognition of E. amboseli as a valid species that is endemic to the middle Athi River drainage in southern Kenya. Enteromius amboseli is geographically isolated and distinguished from E. apleurogramma in having longer posterior barbels, a shorter dorsal fin, and generally fewer scales in the longitudinal series. Genetic divergence between E. apleurogramma populations in Lake Victoria and Lake Kanyaboli, provide novel estimates for rates of molecular evolution in the group. Additionally, the biogeography of these barbs and the conservation status of E. amboseli are discussed.
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Thomas, McWiti O. "What Ails Kenya's Amboseli Park?" Tourism Recreation Research 19, no. 1 (January 1994): 68–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02508281.1994.11014696.

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Altmann, Jeanne, Glenn Hausfater, and Stuart A. Altmann. "Demography of Amboseli baboons, 1963-1983." American Journal of Primatology 8, no. 2 (1985): 113–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ajp.1350080204.

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Behrensmeyer, Anna K., C. Tristan Stayton, and Ralph E. Chapman. "Taphonomy and ecology of modern avifaunal remains from Amboseli Park, Kenya." Paleobiology 29, no. 1 (2003): 52–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1666/0094-8373(2003)029<0052:taeoma>2.0.co;2.

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Avian skeletal remains occur in many fossil assemblages, and in spite of small sample sizes and incomplete preservation, they may be a source of valuable paleoecological information. In this paper, we examine the taphonomy of a modern avian bone assemblage and test the relationship between ecological data based on avifaunal skeletal remains and known ecological attributes of a living bird community. A total of 54 modern skeletal occurrences and a sample of 126 identifiable bones from Amboseli Park, Kenya, were analyzed for weathering features and skeletal part preservation in order to characterize preservation features and taphonomic biases. Avian remains, with the exception of ostrich, decay more rapidly than adult mammal bones and rarely reach advanced stages of weathering. Breakage and the percentage of anterior limb elements serve as indicators of taphonomic overprinting that may affect paleoecological signals. Using ecomorphic categories including body weight, diet, and habitat, we compared species in the bone assemblage with the living Amboseli avifauna. The documented bone sample is biased toward large body size, representation of open grassland habitats, and grazing or scavenging diets. In spite of this, multidimensional scaling analysis shows that the small faunal sample (16 out of 364 species) in the pre-fossil bone assemblage accurately represents general features of avian ecospace in Amboseli. This provides a measure of the potential fidelity of paleoecological reconstructions based on small samples of avian remains. In the Cenozoic, the utility of avian fossils is enhanced because bird ecomorphology is relatively well known and conservative through time, allowing back-extrapolations of habitat preferences, diet, etc. based on modern taxa.
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ALTMANN, S. A., D. G. POST, and D. F. KLEIN. "Nutrients and toxins of plants in Amboseli, Kenya." African Journal of Ecology 25, no. 4 (December 1987): 279–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1987.tb01119.x.

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Shoemaker, Anna. "Pastoral pasts in the Amboseli landscape: an archaeological exploration of the Amboseli ecosystem from the later Holocene to the colonial period." Azania: Archaeological Research in Africa 54, no. 2 (April 3, 2019): 284–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0067270x.2019.1609764.

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L. Kipkeu, Michael, Prof Samson W. Mwangi, and Dr James Njogu. "Community Participation in Wildlife Conservation in Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya." IOSR Journal of Environmental Science, Toxicology and Food Technology 8, no. 4 (2014): 68–75. http://dx.doi.org/10.9790/2402-08426875.

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BULTE, ERWIN H., RANDALL B. BOONE, RANDY STRINGER, and PHILIP K. THORNTON. "Elephants or onions? Paying for nature in Amboseli, Kenya." Environment and Development Economics 13, no. 3 (June 2008): 395–414. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1355770x08004312.

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ABSTRACTTraditional grazing grounds near Amboseli National Park (Kenya) are being rapidly converted to cropland – a process that closes important wildlife corridors. We use a spatially explicit simulation model that integrates ecosystem dynamics and pastoral decision-making to explore the scope for introducing a ‘payments for ecosystem services’ scheme to compensate pastoralists for spillover benefits associated with forms of land use that are compatible with wildlife conservation. Our break-even cost analysis suggests that the benefits of such a scheme likely exceed its costs for a large part of the study area, but that ‘leakage effects’ through excessive stocking rates warrant close scrutiny.
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Galbany, Jordi, Laia Dotras, Susan C. Alberts, and Alejandro Pérez-Pérez. "Tooth Size Variation Related to Age in Amboseli Baboons." Folia Primatologica 81, no. 6 (2010): 348–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000323588.

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Kangwana, Kadzo Flora. "Elephants and Maasai : conflict and conservation in Amboseli, Kenya." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.357726.

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Lindsay, William Keith. "Feeding ecology and population demography of African elephants in Amboseli, Kenya." Thesis, University of Cambridge, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.338055.

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Sarkar, Sunita. "Long- and Short-Term Dynamics of the Wetlands in the Amboseli Savanna Ecosystem, Kenya." Thesis, University of Waterloo, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/2978.

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The wetlands of the semi-arid savanna ecosystem of Amboseli are the critical dry-season range for a diverse wildlife population, as well as for livestock and humans. Changes in the migratory patterns and increases in the population of the elephants in the ecosystem, as well as a shift in the lifestyle of the growing human population from predominantly nomadic pastoralist society to a sedentary agrarian community, has had far-reaching effects on the ecosystem and the wetlands. In this thesis, the current status of the wetlands and the changes in vegetation over the last four decades were examined using satellite imagery and long-term census data. Studies were also conducted to determine the impact of grazing by elephants and other large mammals on wetland vegetation, and the flooding patterns and extents of some of the wetlands were examined.

Long-term aerial count data indicated that the wetlands that are currently protected by the Amboseli National Park have been under increasing use year-round by elephants since 1975. These wetlands showed a rapid increase in extent between 1950 and 1976. This corresponds to the elephant-driven decline in Acacia xanthophloea woodlands, which may have changed the hydrology of the area. Since then, only one of the wetlands, Longinye, has shown dynamic changes in extent. This is either the effect of the blockage of water flow by vegetation or the creation of new channels by elephants and hippopotami. The wetlands had a diverse range of wetland habitat from areas of open water with scattered tall Cyperus papyrus communities in the centre of one wetland to large expanses of seasonally inundated C. laevigatus and Cynodon dactylon dominated habitats fringing the wetlands. Most of the wetland habitats were composed of short sedges and grasses, which was shown to be the direct result of elephant grazing. Elephants tended to keep the vegetation of a control wetland short and of low biomass during both wet and dry seasons, whereas the vegetation in a treatment wetland, where elephants were excluded, showed a rapid increase in biomass and height. Other herbivores were shown to maintain conditions of short vegetation of low biomass through grazing pressure in the dry season. The impact of natural and simulated grazing on growth of the vegetation was studied and only under simulated grazing pressure was growth increased in the seasonally inundated C. dactylon grasslands, as well as the floating mat communities dominated by C. laevigatus that occur in the shallow water wetlands. This indicates that natural grazing may be detrimental either to the plants or the soil.

The wetlands that are under human use had predominantly shallow water and seasonal wetland habitat. Deep water habitat with C. papyrus communities was only present in one of these wetlands, Kimana, which is also the only wetland outside the park that is used by livestock and wildlife, as well as to irrigate a large area of land around the wetland. Two other wetlands, Namelok and Lenkir that were predominantly used for irrigated agriculture, were largely composed of seasonally inundated wetland habitat. A fourth wetland, Esoitpus, has been almost completely drained and this has most likely resulted in the development of A. xanthophloea and C. dactylon dominated riverine and C. laevigatus / C. dactylon dominated seasonally inundated wetland communities.

Overall, the wetlands in the park provide a measure of habitat diversity that may be useful for various invertebrate and vertebrate communities. However, the present lack of tall sedges may negatively impact the bird community. This state can be reversed by the exclusion of elephants from some wetlands for short periods of time. On the other hand, the wetlands outside the park appear to be facing rapid draw-down. Hence, there is an urgent need for sound water management practices for these wetlands.
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Carabine, Elizabeth. "Resilience in the rangelands? : responses to change in the Amboseli social-ecological system of Kenya." Thesis, University of Sheffield, 2014. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/7568/.

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Over the past century arid and semi-arid systems have been undergoing an accelerating process of change. Rapidly shifting land-use is leading to fragmentation of rangelands, driven by socio-economic factors including population growth, globalisation, competition for land, tourism, intensification of production and political pressures. Increased climate variability and frequency of extreme weather events adds a further layer of complexity. The Amboseli system exemplifies the multiple stressors facing communities in these semi-arid contexts. In 2009, the area suffered the most severe drought in 50 years, during which an estimated 85% of livestock was lost to the Maasai pastoralists that inhabit the area. This interdisciplinary research used mixed methods and modelling approaches to investigate the impacts of and responses to this shock, as well as implications for longer-term processes of land-use change and climate change. The key findings of this research show first that the psychological impacts of the 2009 drought have implications for place-identity and cultural norms, both critical aspects of resilience in social-ecological systems. Second, this shock has thrown institutions into tension. In the context of multiple stressors, new power dynamics and shifting worldviews in Amboseli are giving rise to actions that may prove maladaptive in the longer term. Third, the decision-making processes leading to shifts in livelihoods and land use are determined by this multiple stressor context as well as access to resources and access to sources of power and authority. These are important components of resilience in Amboseli. Fourth, climate change and land-use change are likely to interact over the long-term to impact on vegetation structure and function in complex ways that will interplay with the local-scale dynamics described in the previous points to influence the resilience of Amboseli.
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Mose, Victor Nyaliki. "Mathematical modelling of the dynamics of migrations for large mammal populations in the Amboseli National Park, Kenya." Paris 6, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013PA066161.

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La propagation de l'activité humaine, le règlement et la fragmentation des terres menace les migrations de grands ongulés migrateurs en Afrique. La modélisation des migrations donne écologistes un outil pour construire des scénarios des menaces et des options de confinement. Cette étude propose un modèle mathématique spatialement explicite des migrations ongulés basé sur la répartition saisonnière de la quantité et de la qualité et des modèles allométriques de l'alimentation végétale. Nous étudions l'impact des couloirs bloqués sur les populations d'herbivores à l'aide d'un modèle mathématique spatiale qui décrit les mouvements et la dynamique des populations d'espèces sélectionnées qui comprennent des zèbres, gnous, buffles, éléphants et gazelles de Grant, selon la disponibilité des ressources. Méthodes d'agrégation sont utilisés pour réduire la complexité du modèle qui utilise des paramètres réels calibrés à partir de données à long terme recueillies dans la région depuis plus de trois décennies. Les résultats montrent que les couloirs de migration bloqués conduisent à l'exclusion compétitive où une seule espèce survit. Cependant, un éventuel mécanisme de maintien de la biodiversité dans la région pourrait être due à un échange d'animaux entre le parc et les écosystèmes environnants, lorsque les oscillations des espèces densités dans les écosystèmes sont déphasés par rapport à l'autre et à ceux dans le parc
The spread of human activity, settlement and land fragmentation threatens the migrations of large migratory ungulates in Africa. Modelling the migrations gives conservationists a tool for building scenarios of the threats and containment options. This study proposes a spatially explicit mathematical model of ungulate migrations based on the seasonal distribution of vegetation quantity and quality and allometric models of diet. We study the impact of blocked corridors on herbivore populations using a spatial mathematical model that describes the movements and population dynamics of selected species that include zebra, wildebeest, buffalo, elephant and Grant's gazelle based on resource availability. Aggregation methods are used to reduce the complexity of the model which uses actual parameters calibrated from long term data collected in the area for over three decades. The results show that blocked migration corridors lead to competitive exclusion where only one species survives. However, a possible mechanism of maintenance of biodiversity in the area could be due to an exchange of animals between the park and surrounding ecosystems, when the oscillations of species densities in the ecosystems are out of phase compared to each other and to those within the park
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Muchoki, Charles Harrison Kariuki. "Progressive development of vegetation resources and its relationship to animal use in Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya : a remote sensing approach." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.342191.

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NDVI and rainfall data covering 1982-90 of Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya were analysed with a view to detecting patterns which could be related to the structure and function of vegetation types. NDVI data were first normalised using a square root transformation and the 1988-89 integrated NDVI was calculated for months from August 1988-July 1989, which represented a biologically active year. Integrated NDVI was used to extract quartiles which were used in a linear mixture model to derive four vegetation classes: grassland, shrubland, bushland and woodland. Vegetation classes were further examined against mean annual and monthly NDVI/rainfall. A lag time analysis of peak NDVI/rainfall was carried out and the probability of any one month's contribution to the peak NDVI/rainfall assessed. Two hypotheses relating animal abundance and distribution to vegetation were developed and tested with Systematic Reconnaissance Flight animal data collected in March 1983, April 1986, March 1987 and May 1990. The animal species selected were Wildebeest, Zebra and livestock. The hypothesis related to animal abundance was tested using a one-way analysis of variance, while the hypothesis related to animal distribution was tested by a Chi-squared analysis. Finally, a correlation was calculated between integrated NDVI of a vegetation class and animal density for each species. The results show that in 1982-90, good rainfall years were 1988-90 with bimodal peaks occurring in April-May (long rains) and November-December (short rains). In general, woodlands showed highest NDVI, followed by bushlands, shrublands and lastly grasslands. Analysis of vegetation classes temporal profiles showed that dry years 1982-83, 1983-84 and 1986-87 had only one peak of rainfall while 1984-85, 1985-86, 1987-88, 1988-89 and 1989-90 had two peaks of rainfall. Years with bimodal peaks showed better vegetation classes NDVI compared to years with only one peak of rainfall. There were very high correlations between vegetation classes cumulative mean monthly NDVI against cumulative mean monthly rainfall. The lag time between peak rainfall and peak NDVI is usually two months, except in dry years, e.g. 1982-83/84 when it was 3 months and one month respectively. The peak rainfall (99%) occurs in April (long rains), November and December (short rains) while January, February and June contributed to the peak NDVI (99%).
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Ellington, Edward H. "Disturbance effects of roads and fences on the spatial patterns of large mammal dispersal and migration in Amboseli/Tsavo Ecosystem, Kenya." Connect to resource, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/25084.

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Thesis (Honors)--Ohio State University, 2007.
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Elenga, David. "Les Ambosi au Congo : tradition et évolution des systèmes de parenté et d'alliance." Tours, 1991. http://www.theses.fr/1991TOUR2005.

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L'etude qui a ete menee a eu pour but de verifier l'etat d'une societe en pleine mutation qui est la societe mbosi. Cette mutation se caracterise par l'affrontement de deux cultures : la culture traditionnelle mbosi d'une part et la culture europeenne d'autre part. En comparant les aspects traditionnels et les aspects "evolutifs", de la parente et de l'alliance, tant dans les villa ges visites qu'a brazzaville, nous avons voulu, de cette facon, savoir quels sont les elements qui ont ete ou non sensibles aux changements intervenus. Au terme de cette etude, nous avons pu, en gros, nous rendre compte de la persistance, a brazzaville, des valeurs traditionnelles quoi qu'on dise, plus en ce qui concer ne la parente qu'en ce qui concerne l'alliance matrimoniale. La pregnence des liens de la parente, constatee en milieu urbain, a pour explication, selon nous, la preeminence du facteur magico-religieux. Ainsi en est-il du role joue par la sorcellerie comme moyen d'intimidation contre les parents tentes par l'indiffe rence vis a vis des leurs ou encore par l'exclusion. Ce dernier facteur manquant dans le rapports matrimoniaux explique sans doute la vulnerabilite de l'insti tution matrimoniale en ville. A cela s'ajoute aussi le caractere non symbolique des valeurs utilisees parce que d'origine europeenne. En campagne par contre, il en va autrement car l'environnement sociologique et culturel permet encore de faire fonctionner la structure de la parente ainsi que celle du mariage confor mement aux prescriptions coutumieres
The aim of the investigation was to examine the state of affaire of a changing society - the mbosi - this change is caracterised by a struggle between two cultures : the traditional mbosi culture on one hand, and the european culture on the other hand. In comparing the traditional and "changing" aspects in family and marriage relationships bith in the villages visited as well as in brazzavil le, we sought to find out the elements which brought about the said changes. We have found out in the final analysis that the traditional values persist in brazzaville more in regard to family relations more than marriage relationships. The strong family links observed in the urban areas could be explained by the pre-eminence of the magic-religious factor; that is the role played by witch - craft as a means of intimidation against those who may wish to remain indiffe- rent towards their brothers. Such people could also be treated as outcasts. This last factor being absent in matrimonial affairs probably explains the vulnera- ble character of the matrimonial institution in town. To this we add the non symbolic character of values considered because of their european origin. In the villages, however, the sociological and cultural environment gives room for the functioning of the family structures and marriage relationships in accordance to customay demands
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Chiyo, Patrick Ilukol. "Socio-Ecology and Behavior of Crop Raiding Elephants in the Amboseli ecosystem." Diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/2287.

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Risky foraging is a male reproductive tactic in most polygynous mammals. It is speculated to result from intense intra-sexual reproductive competition. Consequently this behavior has been speculated to increase a male's reproductive competitiveness. However, individual males may differ in their propensity to take foraging risks.

We therefore conducted a study on crop raiding behavior (a risky foraging strategy) in African elephants from the greater Amboseli ecosystem, in southern Kenya. We specifically examined the population sizes, gender and patterns of raiding elephants and investigated the effect of crop-raiding and genetic heterozygosity on male body size. We also examined the influence of age and genetic relatedness on observed patterns of association. Finally, we examined the role of life history milestones, association patterns and social structure on the acquisition of crop raiding behavior among wild free ranging male African elephants. With regard to the influence of association patterns on crop raiding behavior, we were specifically interested in understanding the mechanisms by which social learning might occur among male elephants.

Our results showed that 241elephants from different populations in the ecosystem converged to raid farms. Approximately 35% of raiders were from Amboseli National Park, and the rest were other populations in the ecosystem. We observed only post-pubertal males but not females to raid. About one third of post-pubertal males from the Amboseli population were raiders. We found evidence of habitual raiding by some individuals. Crop raiding predicted post-pubertal male size, with raiders being larger than non-raiders. This result suggests that taking risks pays off for males. Our results also showed that other variables known to influence growth like genetic heterozygosity had no effect on size-for-age in male elephants, because low-heterozygosity males were rare. The probability that an individual male is a crop raider was greater for older individuals than young males. The probability that a male is a raider was greater when his two closest associates were raiders versus when they were not raiders and when a male's second closest associate was older, versus when his second closest associate was of similar age or younger. These results suggest that increasing energetic demands associated with life history milestones and social learning play a significant role in the initiation of crop raiding behavior. Raiders did not cluster into separate social units from non-raiders, probably due to the nature of social learning exhibited by this species and due to the diffuse nature of male elephant social units.

These results have implications for understanding the evolution of risky foraging behavior in males, and for understanding the role of kin selection, dominance hierarchies and social learning in male elephant social systems. Results also have implications for understanding the spread of adaptive complex behavior in natural populations.


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Fitzpatrick, Courtney. "Revisiting Sexual Selection: An Exaggerated Signal of Fertility in the Amboseli Baboons." Diss., 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10161/6154.

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Sexual selection has long been accepted as a widespread force of evolution shaping male traits across taxa. In recent years, biologists have begun to investigate the extent to which sexual selection may also shape traits among females. However, current models of sexual selection have largely been developed using assumptions that--while generally met in males--often do not apply to females. Thus, attempts to apply these contemporary models to the study of sexual selection in females reveal weaknesses in the theoretical framework for sexual selection research. One consequence of this for empirical research is that researchers often infer the action of sexual selection upon evidence of male mate choice. Although male mate choice is increasingly common, it is much less likely to exert selection pressure than its female counterpart. I begin by proposing a conceptual framework that explicitly accounts for ...Next, I investigate a female trait that has recently become an iconic example of sexual selection in females; that is the exaggerated estrous swellings of cercopithecine primates. By combining morphological data collected with a non-invasive photographic method and observational behavioral data with longitudinal ecological and demographic data from the ongoing Amboseli Baboon Research Project, I examine the sources of variance in this exaggerated signal of fertility. Finally, I test the hypothesis that male baboons prefer females with larger sexual swellings because those females have higher fitness. I find no evidence to support this hypothesis. Instead, my results suggest that mate choice among male baboons has evolved to detect, not the intrinsic quality of the female as has typically been proposed, but the quality of a reproductive opportunity.


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Books on the topic "Amboseli"

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Ambush at Amboseli. Wheaton, Ill: Tyndale House, 1994.

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Smith, David Lovatt. Amboseli, nothing short of a miracle. Nairobi, Kenya: East African Pub. House, 1986.

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Amboseli, nothing short of a miracle. Nairobi: Kenway Publications, 1997.

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Service, Kenya Wildlife. Amboseli National Park: Management plan (1991-1996). Nairobi, Kenya: Kenya Wildlife Service, Planning Dept., 1991.

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The Amboseli elephants: A long-term perspective on a long-lived mammal. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2011.

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Poole, Joyce. Coming of age with elephants: A memoir. New York: Hyperion, 1996.

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Toxopeus, A. G. ISM: An interactive spatial and temporal modelling system as a tool in ecosystem management : with two case studies : Cibodas Biosphere Reserve, West Java, Indonesia, Amboseli Biosphere Reserve, Kajiado District, Central-Southern Kenya. Enschede, the Netherlands: ITC, 1996.

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Cheney, Dorothy L. How monkeys see the world: Inside the mind of another species. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1990.

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Smith, David Lovatt. Amboseli. 2nd ed. David Lovatt Smith, 1998.

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Carroll, Christy. Amboseli Wimbo. Dog Ear Publishing, LLC, 2006.

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Book chapters on the topic "Amboseli"

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Scoon, Roger N. "Amboseli, Chyulu Hills and Tsavo West National Parks." In Geology of National Parks of Central/Southern Kenya and Northern Tanzania, 155–65. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73785-0_14.

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Alberts, Susan C., and Jeanne Altmann. "The Amboseli Baboon Research Project: 40 Years of Continuity and Change." In Long-Term Field Studies of Primates, 261–87. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22514-7_12.

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BurnSilver, Shauna B., Jeffrey Worden, and Randall B. Boone. "Processes of Fragmentation in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Southern Kajiado District, Kenya." In Fragmentation in Semi-Arid and Arid Landscapes, 225–53. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4906-4_10.

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BurnSilver, S. B. "Pathways of Continuity and Change: Maasai Livelihoods in Amboseli, Kajiado District, Kenya." In Studies in Human Ecology and Adaptation, 161–207. New York, NY: Springer New York, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-87492-0_5.

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Lindsay, W. K. "Integrating parks and pastoralists: some lessons from Amboseli." In Conservation in Africa, 149–68. Cambridge University Press, 1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511565335.011.

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Meijerink, A. M. J., and W. van Wijngaarden. "Contribution to the groundwater hydrology of the Amboseli ecosystem, Kenya." In Groundwater/Surface Water Ecotones, 111–18. Cambridge University Press, 1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cbo9780511753381.015.

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"When Elephants Stand for Competing Philosophies of Nature: Amboseli National Park, Kenya." In Complexities, 166–91. Duke University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9780822383550-007.

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"Chapter Nine. Amboseli: “Cattle Create Trees, Elephants Create Grassland” in the Shadow of Kilimanjaro." In Savannas of Our Birth, 184–201. University of California Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/9780520954076-010.

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