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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Hippopotamus"”.
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The Ecology and Behaviour of the Common hippopotamus, Hippopotamus amphibious L. in Katavi National Park, Tanzania: Responses to Varying Water Resources
Katavi National Park (KNP) is a stronghold for hippopotami in Tanzania. To predict the probable effects of future changes in water availability, annual variations in rainfall, river level, river discharge, ground water levels and the lateral extent of swamps used by hippopotami, were related to …
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Terrestrial-aquatic transfers by hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius): effects on food web and benthic community structure of the St Lucia Estuary, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, World Heritage Site, South Africa
Africa’s last extant aquatic megaherbivore, the hippopotamus, facilitates linkages between terrestrial and aquatic systems at scales, frequencies and intensities that are probably unmatched by any other natural process. Through defaecation of terrestrial grasses into aquatic habitats, hippos …
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Akrotiri Aetokremnos and the Cypriot Pygmy Hippopotamus: An Interdisciplinary Look at a Late Pleistocene Large Mammal Extinction
… hunting and climatic change. The Cypriot pygmy hippopotamus represents a case study of one such extinction event. The last appearance of this species is at the archaeological site Akrotiri Aetokremnos (~12,000 cal. B.P.), the oldest well-dated site on Cyprus. This dissertation represents …
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The ears of the hippopotamus: Epidemiology and infectivity of asymptomatic P. falciparum and P. vivax malaria infections in Ethiopia
Contains fulltext : 308118.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Aspects of the spatial and behavioural ecology of Hippopotamus amphibious in the Saint Lucia Estuary, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
The common hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) is endemic to Africa but threatened by range restriction, exploitation and competition with humans and domestic livestock for access to critical resources such as fresh water and grazing. Collectively these impacts have resulted in population …
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Prevalence of bacterial zoonoses in selected trophy hunted species, and the potential of human health risk in Bwabwata National park, Namibia
… Buffalo), Tragelaphus strepsiceros (Kudu), Hippopotamus amphibious (Hippopotamus), Hippotragus niger (Sable antelope), and Hippotragus equinus (Roan antelope), and the potential human health risk in Bwabwata National Park, North East Namibia. The Park covers an area size of 6 274 km2. It is …
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Hippopotami in a liminal space: a multi-species ethnography of Lake Tanganyika in Bujumbura
This thesis explores how human encroachment has significantly altered Lake Tanganyika's freshwater ecosystem and riparian zone in Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi, which affects the daily life and interactions between humans and hippopotami (hippo). Societal development agendas have favoured …