Browsing Journal Articles by Subject "Yala swamp"

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Dammed and damned? Consequences of large scale land use Changes on environment, livelihood and food security in the Yala swamp ecosystem, Kenya, East Africa

Abila, Romulus O.; Nthenge, Agatha M. (2014-03)

African wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems and as such play an important role in ameliorating the effects of global warming, biodiversity conservation as well as major source of natural resources which ...
Integrating stakeholder preferences into ecosystem services mapping in Yala wetland, Kenya

Githiora-Murimi, Yvonne W.; Owuor, Margaret A.; Abila, Romulus O.; Olago, Daniel; Oriaso, Silas (Taylor & Francis, 2022-03-11)

Wetlands such as the Yala swamp in Kenya are among the most important and increasingly threatened ecosystems globally due to their ecological significance and complexity, and the importance of the ecosystem services (ES) ...
The role of the Yala swamp lakes in the conservation of Lake Victoria region haplochromine cichlids: Evidence from genetic and trophic ecology studies

Abila, Romulus O.; Salzburger, Walter; Ndonga, Millicent F.; Owiti, Dickson O.; Barluenga, Marta; Meyer, Axel (Wiley, 2008)

Lake Kanyaboli, an isolated satellite lake of Lake Victoria, has been suggested as a potential refugium for haplochromine cichlids that have gone extinct in the main basin of Lake Victoria. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) molecular ...

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