Dissertations

Dissertations

  • Muruthi, Philip M. 1997. Socioecological correlates of parental care and demography in savanna baboons. PhD. Diss. Princeton University, 184 pp.
  • Keesing, Felicia L. 1997.   Ecological interactions between small mammals, large mammals, and vegetation in a tropical savanna of central Kenya.   Ph.D. Diss., University of California at Berkeley.
  • *Wambuguh, Oscar   1998. Local communities and wildlife: A spatial analysis of human-wildlife interactions in Laikipia District, Kenya., PhD. Diss. University of California, Berkeley. 355 pp. Advisor: Barrett, Reginald H.
  • +Pruetz, Jill D. 1999. Socioecology of adult female vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) and patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Kenya: food availability, feeding competition, and dominance relationships. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
  • +Carlson, Anne A. 2000. Social relationships and mating partners of patas monkeys (Erythrocebus patas) in Laikipia, Kenya.   PhD. Diss. University of Wisconsin – Madison, 2000, 127 pp. Advisor: Snowdon, Charles T.
  • Ezzati, Majid. 2000. Energy technology, indoor air pollution, and respiratory infections in developing countries.   A field study from Kenya.   Ph.D. Diss., Princeton University.
  • Mugo, John Kagori. 2000.   Biological nitrogen fixation in Acacia drepanolobium. MSc Diss., Department of Botany, University of Nairobi.
  • *Ojwang’, Gordon. 2000. On sampling variability of wildlife cropping-quota allocated on the basis of airborne sample surveys.   M.Sc. Diss. ITC, Wageningen, Netherlands.
  • Masarelli, Darcy 2001.   Effects of large mammal herbivores on the bird community of an East African savanna.   Masters Diss., SUNY Albany.
  • Ogada, Mordecai O. 2001.   Effects of livestock husbandry practices on livestock depredation by large carnivores in Laikipia District, Kenya.   M.Sc. Dissertation, Kenyatta University.
  • Palmer, Todd M. 2001. Factors influencing species coexistence in a guild of African acacia ants.   Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • +Enstam, Karin L. 2002.   Behavioral ecology of perceived risk of predation in sympatric patas (Erythrocebus patas) and vervet (Cercopithecus aethiops) monkeys in Laikipia, Kenya. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Augustine, David J. 2002.   Large herbivores and process dynamics in a managed savanna ecosystem.   Ph.D. dissertation, Syracuse University.
  • Ezenwa, Vanessa O. 2002.   Behavioral and nutritional ecology of gastrointestinal parasitism in African bovids., PhD. Princeton University, 161 pp.
  • Takata, Steve. 2002.   Behavior and natural history of the blacktipped mongoose, Herpestes sanguineus, in Central Kenya.   Ph.D. University of California, Berkeley, 251 pp.
  • Gadd, Michelle E. 2003. Ecology and conservation of elephants in African rangelands . Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Odadi, Wilfred. 2003.   Cattle foraging behaviour: the influence of large mammalian herbivory in an acacia savanna, Laikipia, Kenya.   MSc Diss., Moi University.
  • King, Elizabeth Gallant. 2004. Aloe secundiflora shrubs as facilitators in degraded Kenyan rangelands, and their potential use in restoration. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Otieno, Silvanos. 2005.   Standing biomass, productivity, and utilization in a savanna grassland.   M.Sc. Dissertation. University of Nairobi.
  • Warui, Charles M. 2005.   Impacts of wildlife and cattle grazing on spider (Aranae) biodiversity in a highland savanna ecosystem, in Laikipia, Kenya.  Ph.D. Dissertation. Rhodes University.
  • Huntzinger, P.M. 2005. How do distantly related herbivores that share food resources interact?  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Goheen, J.R. 2006. From local processes to emergent patterns in ecological communities: Insights from two continents. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of New Mexico.
  • Ngatia, Lucy. 2006.  Effects of large herbivore exclusion on soil characteristics in Laikipia, Kenya. M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Nairobi.
  • Sensenig, R.L. 2007. Spatial ecology of fire in an East African savanna: effects of burn size and patchiness on the foraging ecology of herbivores of varying body size. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Franz, T.E. 2007. Ecohydrology of the Upper Ewaso River Basin, Kenya. Master’s Thesis. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Princeton University, pp. 143.
  • Sundaresan, S.R. 2007. Individual behavior and association patterns in fission-fusion equids. Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University.
  • Fischhoff, I. 2007. Movement decision-making in plains zebra (Equus burchelli). Ph.D. Dissertation, Princeton University.
  • Veblen, K.E. 2008. Livestock and wildlife effects on the successional development of a savanna landscape mosaic in East Africa Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Riginos, C. 2008. Tree-grass interactions in an East African savanna: the role of wild and domestic herbivores. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California, Davis.
  • Okello, Bell D.N. 2008. Effects of herbivores, fire and harvesting on the population dynamics of Acacia drepanolobium Sjoestedt in Laikipia, Kenya.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Natal (South Africa).
  • +Shur, Marc David. 2008.  Hormones associated with friendship between adult male and lactating female olive baboons, Papio hamadryas anubis. Ph.D., Dissertation, Rutgers University.
  • Blair, Alec. 2008. Human-wildlife conflict in Laikipia North, Kenya: Comparing official reports with the experiences of Maasai pastoralists. M.Sc. Dissertation, McGill University (Canada).
  • Pringle, R.M. 2009. Indirect effects and spatial pattern in an African savanna. Ph.D. Dissertation, Stanford University.
  • Kimathi, I. 2009. Effects of fire treatments on the aboveground herbaceous layer primary production in the savanna ecosystem, Laikipia District, Kenya. M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Nairobi.
  • Gregory, Nathan Cruse. 2009. Maintaining biodiversity in a working landscape: Anthropogenic fire and livestock management shape the bird community in an East African savanna. Ph.D., Dissertation, Princeton University.
  • Odadi, Wilfred O. 2010. Competitive and facilitative interactions between cattle and wild ungulates in a semi-arid savanna rangeland in Laikipia, Kenya. Ph.D. Dissertation, Egerton University (Kenya).
  • Kirigia, Anthony. 2010. Livestock manure flow from rangelands to cultivated lands in central Kenya: a case study of Mukogodo Division, Laikipia District. M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Nairobi.
  • DePuy, Walter. 2011. Topographies of Power and International Conservation in Laikipia, Kenya. M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Michigan.
  • Porensky, Lauren McGeoch. 2012. Interacting edges in an African savanna.  Ph.D. Dissertation, University of California at Davis.
  • Ngatia, Lucy. 2012. Grass productivity and carbon storage in relation to rainfall, soil nutrients, and herbivory in an East African savanna. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Florida.
  • Benka, Valerie A.W. 2012. Human-wildlife conflict, interspecies disease, and justice in a wildlife-rich region of Kenya, M.Sc. Dissertation, University of Michigan.
  • O’Connor, David A.F. 2013. Foraging ecologies of giraffe and camels in northern Kenya: effects of habitat structure and possibilities for competition? M.Sc. dissertation, University of Michigan.
  • Kimuyu, Duncan. Anticipated 2015. Wildlife use of the anthropogenic savanna landscape in the context of experimental manipulations of livestock and fire. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Nairobi.