[DVOC] DVOC Program: Nathan Gregory on "Man's Impact on Birdlife in Kenya"

[Frank Windfelder]

There is a DVOC meeting this Thursday night.

Main Speaker: Nathan Gregory, "Impacts of Controlled
Fires and Traditional Livestock Grazing on Bird
Communities in Kenya"

When many people think of East Africa, they think of
savannas - open, rolling grasslands with scattered
trees and abundant wildlife. What they may not realize
is that savannas are the products of a long history of
human influence in the form of controlled fire and
livestock grazing using bomas, temporary thorn-scrub
corrals.

Nathan has been investigating how the two components
of traditional pastoralism, fire and grazing using
bomas, affect bird abundance,diversity, and community
composition. Pastoralism as a way of life is
declining, and this could have important consequences
for conservation.

Ornithological Studies: Debbie Beer, "Sexing Bald
Eagles"

See you there

Frank Windfelder
Program Director






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