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List of works by Joseph O. Ogutu

A comparison of random forests, boosting and support vector machines for genomic selection

scientific article

A simple mixed model for trend analysis in wildlife populations

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A stage-wise approach for the analysis of multi-environment trials

scientific article published on 25 September 2012

Assessing the relative importance of dairy products to family nutrition in mixed crop-livestock production systems of Ethiopia

scholarly article by Sintayehu Yigrem et al published 12 August 2015 in Food Security

Changing Wildlife Populations in Nairobi National Park and Adjoining Athi-Kaputiei Plains: Collapse of the Migratory Wildebeest

Characteristics of Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Kenya: Examples of Tsavo and Maasai Mara Regions

Comparative changes in density and demography of large herbivores in the Masai Mara Reserve and its surrounding human-dominated pastoral ranches in Kenya

scholarly article by Nina Bhola et al published 4 March 2012 in Biodiversity and Conservation

Comparing the Predictive Abilities of Phenotypic and Marker-Assisted Selection Methods in a Biparental Lettuce Population.

scientific article published on March 2016

Comparisons of single-stage and two-stage approaches to genomic selection.

scientific article published on 19 August 2012

Conservation: Beyond population growth-Response

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence.

scientific article published on 5 March 2013

Controls over reproductive phenology among ungulates: allometry and tropical-temperate contrasts

scientific article published in 2013

Correlates of survival rates for 10 African ungulate populations: density, rainfall and predation

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Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

scientific article published on 28 March 2019

Drivers and impacts of land-use change in the Maasai Steppe of northern Tanzania: an ecological, social and political analysis

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Dynamics of an Insularized and Compressed Impala Population: Rainfall, Temperature and Density Influences

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Dynamics of births and juvenile recruitment in Mara–Serengeti ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes

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Dynamics of ungulates in relation to climatic and land use changes in an insularized African savanna ecosystem

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ENSO, rainfall and temperature influences on extreme population declines among African savanna ungulates

scientific article published in 2003

Effects of extreme land fragmentation on wildlife and livestock population abundance and distribution

Elevational distribution of montane Afrotropical butterflies is influenced by seasonality and habitat structure

scientific article published on 05 July 2022

Evaluation of approaches for estimating the accuracy of genomic prediction in plant breeding

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Evolution of models to support community and policy action with science: Balancing pastoral livelihoods and wildlife conservation in savannas of East Africa.

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Extreme Wildlife Declines and Concurrent Increase in Livestock Numbers in Kenya: What Are the Causes?

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Genome-based prediction of maize hybrid performance across genetic groups, testers, locations, and years

Genomic selection allowing for marker-by-environment interaction

Genomic selection using regularized linear regression models: ridge regression, lasso, elastic net and their extensions

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Herbivore Dynamics and Range Contraction in Kajiado County Kenya: Climate and Land Use Changes, Population Pressures, Governance, Policy and Human-wildlife Conflicts

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Hippopotamus and livestock grazing: influences on riparian vegetation and facilitation of other herbivores in the Mara Region of Kenya

scholarly article published 19 August 2011

How Genetic Variance and Number of Genotypes and Markers Influence Estimates of Genomic Prediction Accuracy in Plant Breeding

article published in 2015

How Rainfall Variation Influences Reproductive Patterns of African Savanna Ungulates in an Equatorial Region Where Photoperiod Variation Is Absent

scientific article (publication date: 2015)

How pastoralism changes savanna vegetation: impact of old pastoral settlements on plant diversity and abundance in south-western Kenya

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Human-wildlife conflict, benefit sharing and the survival of lions in pastoralist community-based conservancies

scientific article published in 2016

Human-wildlife conflicts and their correlates in Narok County, Kenya

scientific article published on 11 April 2019

Human–hippo conflicts in Kenya during 1997–2008: vulnerability of a megaherbivore to anthropogenic land use changes

scholarly article by Erustus M. Kanga et al published December 2012 in Journal of Land Use Science

Identifying sustainable coexistence potential by integrating willingness-to-coexist with habitat suitability assessments

scientific article published in March 2023

Identifying the potential for sustainable human–wildlife coexistence by integrating willingness to coexist with habitat suitability models

Impacts of climate change and variability on cattle production in southern Ethiopia: Perceptions and empirical evidence

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Increasing Anthropogenic Disturbance Restricts Wildebeest Movement Across East African Grazing Systems

scientific article published on 15 March 2022

Influence of outliers on accuracy estimation in genomic prediction in plant breeding

scientific article published on October 2014

Large herbivore responses to surface water and land use in an East African savanna: implications for conservation and human-wildlife conflicts

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Large herbivore responses to water and settlements in savannas

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Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya

scholarly article by Patricia Kristjanson et al published October 2005 in Food Policy

Livestock Diversification: an Adaptive Strategy to Climate and Rangeland Ecosystem Changes in Southern Ethiopia

scholarly article by Bekele Megersa et al published 12 June 2014 in Human Ecology

Long-term historical and projected herbivore population dynamics in Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania

scientific article published on 10 March 2020

Mapping out a future for ungulate migrations

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Meat and milk production scenarios and the associated land footprint in Kenya

scholarly article by Caroline K. Bosire et al published June 2016 in Agricultural Systems

Mobility and livestock mortality in communally used pastoral areas: the impact of the 2005-2006 drought on livestock mortality in Maasailand

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Moving through the mosaic: identifying critical linkage zones for large herbivores across a multiple‐use African landscape

scientific article published on 14 March 2021

Oscillations in large mammal populations: are they related to predation or rainfall?

scientific article published in 2005

Ostrich recruitment dynamics in relation to rainfall in the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem

Participatory wildlife surveys in communal lands: a case study from Simanjiro, Tanzania

scholarly article by Fortunata U. Msoffe et al published October 2009 in African Journal of Ecology

Pastoralism and ecosystem‐based adaptation in Kenyan Masailand

article published in 2013

Population regulation of African buffalo in the Mara–Serengeti ecosystem

Population trend and distribution of the Vulnerable common hippopotamus Hippopotamus amphibius in the Mara Region of Kenya

scholarly article by Erustus M. Kanga et al published January 2011 in Oryx

Pre-selection of markers for genomic selection

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Projected Climatic and Hydrologic Changes to Lake Victoria Basin Rivers under Three RCP Emission Scenarios for 2015–2100 and Impacts on the Water Sector

scientific article published on 15 July 2019

Rainfall extremes explain interannual shifts in timing and synchrony of calving in topi and warthog

scientific article published in 2009

Rainfall influences on ungulate population abundance in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem

scientific article published on 14 April 2008

Rainfall trends and variation in the Maasai Mara ecosystem and their implications for animal population and biodiversity dynamics

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Regularized group regression methods for genomic prediction: Bridge, MCP, SCAD, group bridge, group lasso, sparse group lasso, group MCP and group SCAD.

scientific article published on 7 October 2014

Reproductive seasonality in African ungulates in relation to rainfall

Responses of phenology, synchrony and fecundity of breeding by African ungulates to interannual variation in rainfall

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Road will ruin Serengeti

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Rubber yield prediction by meteorological conditions using mixed models and multi-model inference techniques.

scientific article published on April 2015

Savannas are vital but overlooked carbon sinks

Seed dispersal potential of Asian elephants

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Small-mammal abundance and species diversity: land use and seasonal influences in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania

scientific article published in 2023

Spatial variation in the willingness to accept payments for conservation of a migratory wildlife corridor in the Athi-Kaputiei Plains, Kenya

scholarly article by Joyce M. de Leeuw et al published June 2014 in Ecosystem services

Spatiotemporal dynamics of wild herbivore species richness and occupancy across a savannah rangeland: Implications for conservation

scientific article published in February 2020

The distribution of large herbivore hotspots in relation to environmental and anthropogenic correlates in the Mara region of Kenya

scientific article published on 28 May 2012

The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya

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Trade-offs for climate-resilient pastoral livelihoods in wildlife conservancies in the Mara ecosystem, Kenya

scientific article published on 23 May 2017

Trends and spatial variation in water and land footprints of meat and milk production systems in Kenya

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Urban consumption of meat and milk and its green and blue water footprints-Patterns in the 1980s and 2000s for Nairobi, Kenya

scientific article published on 12 November 2016

Why keep lions instead of livestock? Assessing wildlife tourism-based payment for ecosystem services involving herders in the Maasai Mara, Kenya

scholarly article by Philip M. Osano et al published 9 October 2013 in Natural Resources Forum

Wildlife Population Dynamics in Human-Dominated Landscapes under Community-Based Conservation: The Example of Nakuru Wildlife Conservancy, Kenya

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