A Spanner in the Works: Human–Elephant Conflict Complicates the Food–Water–Energy Nexus in Drylands of Africa
The two major conservation issues for drylands of Africa are habitat loss or degradation and habitat fragmentation, largely from agriculture, charcoal production, and infrastructural development. A key question for management is how these landscapes can retain their critical ecological functions and...
Main Authors: | Mwangi Githiru, Urbanus Mutwiwa, Simon Kasaine, Bruce Schulte |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2017-10-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Environmental Science |
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Online Access: | http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fenvs.2017.00069/full |
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