Ecological monitoring and health research in Luambe National Park, Zambia
Generation of baseline data layers
Abstract
Classifying, describing and understanding the natural environment is an important element of studies of human, animal and ecosystem health, and baseline ecological data are commonly lacking in remote environments of the world. Human African trypanosomiasis is an important constraint on human well-being in sub-Saharan Africa, and spillover transmission occurs from the reservoir community of wild mammals. Here we use robust and repeatable methodology to generate baseline datasets on vegetation and mammal density to investigate the ecology of warthogs in the remote Luambe National Park in Zambia, in order to further our understanding of their interactions with tsetse vectors of trypanosomiasis.
Citation
Anderson, N.E., Bessell, P.R., Mubanga, J., Thomas, R., Eisler, M.C., Fevre, E.M., Welburn, S.C., Ecological monitoring and health research in Luambe National Park, Zambia: Generation of baseline data layers, EcoHealth, vol.13, issue3, pp.511-524, 2016