Dr. Joseph Ochieng Ogutu

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsBioinformatics and Theoretical Biology
KeywordsClimate change, land use change, mammalian herbivores and large carnivores, Statistical mixed models, population dynamics, simulation models

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityStuttgart
InstitutionUniversität Hohenheim
InstituteInstitut für Kulturpflanzenwissenschaften

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Hans-Peter PiephoInstitut für Pflanzenbau und Grünland, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart
Start of initial sponsorship01/09/2004

Programme(s)

2003Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2006Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, H.-P. Piepho, H. T. Dublin, R. S. Reid, N. Bhola: Application of capture-recapture methods to lions: How to satisfy the assumptions by inclusion of pride area, age, sex and group size as covariates to explain heterogeneity. In: Journal of Zoology, 2006, 161-174
2006Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, N. Bhola, R. S. Reid: Efficiency of strip and line transect surveys of African Savanna mammals. In: Journal of Zoology, 2006, 149-160
2006A. M. Shrader, N. Owen-Smith, Joseph Ochieng Ogutu: How a mega-grazer copes with the dry season: food and nutrient intake rates by white rhinoceros in the wild. In: Functional Ecology, 2006, 376-384
2006P. Kristjanson, M. Radeny, I. Baltenweck, Joseph Ochieng Ogutu: Livelihood mapping and poverty correlates at a meso-level in Kenya. In: Food Policy, 2006, 568-583
2006Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, N. Owen-Smith: Oscillations in large mammal populations: are they related to predation or rainfall?. In: African Journal of Ecology, 2006, 332-339
2005N. Owen-Smith, D. R. Mason, Joseph Ochieng Ogutu: Correlates of survival rates for ten African ungulate populations: density, rainfall and predation. In: J. Anim. Ecol., 2005, 774-788
2004Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, H. T. Dublin: The effects of pastoralism and protection on the density and distribution of carnivores and their prey in the Mara ecosystem of Kenya. In: African Journal of Ecology, 2004, 8-22
2004Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, H. T. Dublin: The spatial dynamics of lions and their prey along an environmental gradient. In: African Journal of Ecology, 2004, 8-22
43S. M. Mugatha, Joseph Ochieng Ogutu, M. Cords, J. M. Maitima: Dynamics of male residence and female oestrus during a breeding season of blue monkeys in the Kakamega Forest, Kenya. In: African Journal of Ecology, 43, 332-339