Festus Ihwagi

Save the Elephants — KE

Environmental Science · Physical Sciences

10h-index424citations19works1.82yr avg
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Research Topics

Wildlife Ecology and Conservation(16), Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology(13), Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management(4), Primate Behavior and Ecology(4), Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies(3)

Publications19 total

Elephant Driven Changes in Riverine Tree Density Exacerbated by Biological Infestation in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
Ecology and Evolution·2025Open Access
Physiological and nutritional stress response of African elephants within the lantana-dominated Lower Imenti Forest Reserve in Kenya
Conservation Physiology·2025Open Access
Structured decision-making shows broad support from diverse stakeholders for habitat conservation and restoration in Kenya’s Central Highlands
Land Use Policy·2024Open Access
Seasonal variation in the ranging behavior of elephants in the Laikipia‐Samburu ecosystem
Ecology and Evolution·2024· 6 citedOpen Access
Stop elephant hunting in Tanzania borderlands
Science·2024· 4 citedOpen Access
Elephants rest more when the poaching risk is high and do not recover the lost time within a diel cycle
Global Ecology and Conservation·2024· 1 citedOpen Access
A satellite perspective on the movement decisions of African elephants in relation to nomadic pastoralists
Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation·2022· 10 citedOpen Access
Poaching lowers elephant path tortuosity: implications for conservation
Journal of Wildlife Management·2019· 26 citedOpen Access
Living in a risky landscape : elephant movement in response to poaching
2018· 3 citedOpen Access
Night-day speed ratio of elephants as indicator of poaching levels
Ecological Indicators·2017· 64 citedOpen Access
Using Poaching Levels and Elephant Distribution to Assess the Conservation Efficacy of Private, Communal and Government Land in Northern Kenya
PLoS ONE·2015· 52 citedOpen Access
Status and trends of the elephant population in the Tsavo–Mkomazi ecosystem
Pachyderm·2013· 26 citedOpen Access
Feasibility study on the spatial and temporal movement of Samburu's cattle and wildlife in Kenya using GPS radio-tracking, remote sensing and GIS
Preventive Veterinary Medicine·2013· 42 cited
Rainfall pattern and nutrient content influences on African elephants’ debarking behaviour in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
African Journal of Ecology·2011· 18 cited
Landscape-Scale Conservation Planning of the Ewaso Nyiro: A Model for Land Use Planning in Kenya?
Smithsonian contributions to zoology·2011· 8 cited
Employing participatory surveys to monitor the illegal killing of elephants across diverse land uses in Laikipia–Samburu, Kenya
African Journal of Ecology·2009· 40 cited
The impact of elephants, <i>Loxodonta africana,</i> on woody vegetation through selective debarking in Samburu and Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya
African Journal of Ecology·2009· 44 cited
Conservation planning on a budget: a “resource light” method for mapping priorities at a landscape scale?
Biodiversity and Conservation·2009· 13 cited
Savanna herbivore dynamics in a livestock-dominated landscape. II: Ecological, conservation, and management implications of predator restoration
Biological Conservation·2007· 67 cited

Frequent Co-authors

Iain Douglas‐Hamilton(11), Tiejun Wang(5), George Wittemyer(5), Andrew K. Skidmore(4), Patrick Omondi(4), Nicholas J. Georgiadis(3), Albertus G. Toxopeus(3), Juliet King(3), Shadrack Ngene(2), Fritz Vollrath(2), Robert Chira(2), Geoffrey Kironchi(2), Karl Didier(2), David Wilkie(2), Laurence G. Frank(2), Max Graham(2), Alayne Cotterill(2), Dan Rubenstein(2), Roșie Woodroffe(2), Frank Pope(2)