Essays about: "maasai mara"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 15 essays containing the words maasai mara.

  1. 11. Diurnal behaviour of mother-young pairs of Plains zebras (Equus burchelli) in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Sandra Blom; [2009]
    Keywords : diurnal behaviour; zebra; Equus burchelli; Maasai Mara;

    Abstract : The aim of the study was to investigate the diurnal behaviour of plains zebras (Equus burchelli). Data of 100 mother-young pairs were collected in Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya to record time budgets for grazing, walking, lying and standing behavior. Mares and their offspring where observed in 1-min intervals. READ MORE

  3. 12. How Maasai settlements affect the grazing habits of the Common Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) in the Maasai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Åsa Wengström; [2009]
    Keywords : hippopotamus; hippo; maasai mara; grazing habits; human wildlife relationship;

    Abstract : With a growing human population as well as a changing lifestyle, the conflict of wildlife and humans is intensifying. In Kenya, Maasais and their livestock have for a long time coexisted with wildlife, but an adjustment to privately own land and cultivation might rapidly change the terms for this coexistence. READ MORE

  4. 13. Impact by bomas on the distribution of spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) in the Mara Region, Kenya

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Elin Netti Hirsch; [2009]
    Keywords : bomas; hyena; crocuta crocuta; mara; kenya;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to find out if, and in what way the Maasai pastoralists affect the spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) through Bomas (Maasai settlement) and keeping of livestock. The study was carried out in the Maasai Mara National Reserve and the adjoining group ranch, Koyake GR, in South-western Kenya. READ MORE

  5. 14. Food preference in African Elephants (Loxodonta Africana) and the impact of Bomas in the vicinity of and in Masai Mara National Reserve

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Erik Johansson; [2009]
    Keywords : Loxodonta africana; Maasai mara; Food preferance; African Elephant; Conflict; Maasai people; Boma;

    Abstract : In the Maasai Mara National Reserve the native people, the Maasai, have lived for a long time following their own traditions. Their traditional lifestyle is that of a nomadic people, leading their cattle to the best grazing. READ MORE

  6. 15. Mother-young interactions and suckling behaviour in Blue Monkeys, Cercopithecus mitis

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Jenny Nilsson; [2008]
    Keywords : mother-young interaction; Blue Monkey; suckling behaviour;

    Abstract : The infant's first months are of vital importance for establishing relations with the mother as well as with other group members. It is also a period of learning. As a part of a larger study of the blue monkey, Cercopithecus mitis stuhlmanni, my study focuses on interactions between mother and offspring and suckling behaviour. READ MORE