essay
Environmental variations in the South Turkana ecosystem boundaries
turkana herders of the dry savanna : ecology and biobehavioral response of nomads to an uncertain environment • Oxford • Published In 1999 • Pages: 316-330
By: Little, Michael A., Dyson-Hudson, Rada, Dyson-Hudson, Neville, Winterbauer, Nancy L..
Abstract
This document discusses the influences that rainfall variation has on Turkana vegetation and water resources, on livestock, and on the behavior and biology of the people. It shows that the Turkana employ sophisticated reactive and opportunistic strategies to deal with the vagaries of unpredictable rainfall pattern. The most important of these include organizing herding into highly mobile and flexible units which allow individual herd owners to move quickly without waiting for decision by a larger unit.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Types
- Anthropologist
- Ecologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2009
- Field Date
- 1980-1996
- Coverage Date
- 1980-1999
- Coverage Place
- Turkana, Kenya
- Notes
- Michael A. Little, Rada Dyson-Hudson, Neville Dyson-Hudson, and Nancy Winterbauer
- For bibliographical references see document 24: Little and Leslie
- LCCN
- 99219983
- LCSH
- Turkana (African people)