Short-term study fails to capture negative impacts of livestock intensification on wildlife
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
.
2025 Jun 10;122(23):e2502418122.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2502418122.
Epub 2025 May 30.
Authors
Joseph O Ogutu
1
,
Jared A Stabach
2
,
J Grant C Hopcraft
3
,
Randall B Boone
4
,
Holly T Dublin
5
,
Christopher L Dutton
6
,
Andrew Gichira
7
,
Abby Guthmann
8
,
Ask L Herrik
9
,
Kay E Holekamp
10
,
Rebekah R Karimi
11
,
Shem C Kifugo
12
,
Peter Leimgruber
2
,
Niels Mogensen
13
,
Stephen S Moiko
14
,
Joseph M Mukeka
15
,
Harrison Nabaala
7
,
Stephen Ndambuki
15
,
Lucy M Njino
16
,
Gordon O Ojwang
12
,
Han Olff
12
,
Craig Packer
8
,
Lemein Parmuntoro
11
,
Robin S Reid
17
,
Rehema B Rioba
16
,
Mohammed Y Said
18
,
Jully S Senteu
12
,
Amanda L Subalusky
6
,
Jens-Christian Svenning
9
,
Stewart Thompson
7
,
Antonio Uzal
19
,
Michiel P Veldhuis
20
,
Robert Buitenwerf
9
Affiliations
1
Biostatistics Unit, Institute of Crop Science, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart 70599, Germany.
2
Conservation Ecology Center, Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, Front Royal, VA 22630.
3
School of Biodiversity, One Health and Veterinary Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom.
4
Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80521.
5
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Eastern and Southern Africa Regional Office, Nairobi 00200, Kenya.
6
Department of Biology, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-8525.
7
Centre for Ecosystem Restoration, Nairobi 00217, Kenya.
8
Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108.
9
Department of Biology, Center for Ecological Dynamics in a Novel Biosphere, Aarhus University, Aarhus DK-8000, Denmark.
10
Department of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824-1115.
11
Kenya Bird of Prey Trust, Naivasha 20117, Kenya.
12
Groningen Institute for Evolutionary Life Sciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, AG 79747, The Netherlands.
13
Kenya Wildlife Trust, Nairobi 00502, Kenya.
14
Nabara Consult, Nairobi 00206, Kenya.
15
Wildlife Research and Training Institute, Naivasha 842-20117, Kenya.
16
Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote sensing, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
17
Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523.
18
College of Biological and Physical Sciences, Institute for Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi, Nairobi 00100, Kenya.
19
School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, Nottingham Trent University, Southwell NG25 0QF, United Kingdom.
20
Department of Environmental Biology, Institute of Environmental Sciences, Leiden University, Leiden 2333CC, The Netherlands.
PMID:
40445769
PMCID:
PMC12167948
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.2502418122
No abstract available
Publication types
Letter