Cross-boundary human impacts compromise the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem

Author:

Veldhuis Michiel P.1ORCID,Ritchie Mark E.2,Ogutu Joseph O.3,Morrison Thomas A.4ORCID,Beale Colin M.5ORCID,Estes Anna B.67ORCID,Mwakilema William8,Ojwang Gordon O.19,Parr Catherine L.101112ORCID,Probert James10ORCID,Wargute Patrick W.9ORCID,Hopcraft J. Grant C.4ORCID,Olff Han1

Affiliation:

1. University of Groningen, Nijenborg 7, 9747AG Groningen, Netherlands.

2. Syracuse University, 107 College Place, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA.

3. University of Hohenheim, Fruwirthstrasse 23, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.

4. University of Glasgow, Glasgow G128QQ, UK.

5. University of York, York YO10 5DD, UK.

6. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA.

7. The Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania.

8. Tanzania National Parks, Arusha, Tanzania.

9. Directorate of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing, P.O. Box 47146-00100, Nairobi, Kenya.

10. University of Liverpool, Liverpool L69 3GO, UK.

11. University of the Witwatersrand, Wits 2050, Johannesburg, South Africa.

12. University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

Abstract

Threats to the Serengeti Protected areas are an important tool for conserving biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. But how well do these areas withstand pressure from human activity in surrounding landscapes? Veldhuis et al. studied long-term data from the Serengeti-Mara ecosystem in East Africa. Human activities at boundary regions cause animals to concentrate in the core of the protected area, which eventually reduces soil carbon storage and nitrogen fixation rates and increases vulnerability to extreme droughts. Similar patterns are likely for many, if not all, large protected areas. Science , this issue p. 1424

Funder

National Science Foundation

Natural Environment Research Council

Leverhulme Trust

British Ecological Society

European Commission

German Research Foundation

European Union’s Horizon 2020

Frankfurt Zoological Society

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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