Description

This data was used in Map 1.5 and Map 4.7 in Nature's Benefits in Kenya: An Atlas of Ecosystems and Human Well-Being.

Species numbers are aggregated using a ""tropical livestock unit"" (TLU) (which is equivalent to an animal weight of 250 kilograms) to grid cells of 5x5 km and then averaged by square kilometer. Livestock includes cattle, sheep, goats, camels and donkeys that were observed during low-altitude flights. Units are in ""tropical livestock unit per sq. kilometer.""

Note: A livestock density nul should be interpreted as ""No observation of animals"".

Please refer to DRSRS for updates.

Data sources include: [RETURN] Department of Resources Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS). 2003. ""DRSRS GIS Database"". Nairobi, Kenya: DRSRS.

Grunblatt, J., M. Said, P. Wargute, and S.C. Kifugo. 1995. DRSRS Data Summary Report: Kenyan Rangelands 1977-1994. Nairobi: Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Ministry of Planning and National Development.

Grunblatt, J., M. Said, and P. Wargute. 1996. DRSRS National Rangelands Report: Summary of Population Estimates for Wildlife and Livestock, Kenyan Rangelands 1977-1994. Nairobi: Department of Resource Surveys and Remote Sensing (DRSRS), Ministry of Planning and National Development.

ILRI calculation based on DRSRS 2003, Grunblatt et al. 1995, Grunblatt et al. 1996