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  <title xml:lang="eng">Kenya Wildlife Service, Laikipia Samburu Aerial Census, 2012</title>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>Joseph</givenName>
      <surName>Mukeka</surName>
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    <positionName>Senior Scientist GIS and Database</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>P. O. Box 40241 00100</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Nairobi</city>
        <administrativeArea>Nairobi</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00100</postalCode>
        <country>KE</country>
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        <givenName>Peter</givenName>
      <surName>Hongo</surName>
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    <organizationName>Kenya Wildlife Service</organizationName>
    <positionName>Senior GIS Officer</positionName>
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        <deliveryPoint>P. O. Box 40241 00100</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Nairobi</city>
        <administrativeArea>Nairobi</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00100</postalCode>
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      <surName>Hongo</surName>
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    <organizationName>Kenya Wildlife Service</organizationName>
    <positionName>Senior GIS Officer</positionName>
    <address>
        <deliveryPoint>P. O. Box 40241 00100</deliveryPoint>
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        <administrativeArea>Nairobi</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00100</postalCode>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>Patrick</givenName>
      <surName>Omondi</surName>
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    <organizationName>Kenya Wildlife Service</organizationName>
    <positionName>Director Biodiversity Research and Monitoring</positionName>
    <address>
        <deliveryPoint>P. O. Box 40241 00100</deliveryPoint>
        <city>Nairobi</city>
        <administrativeArea>Nairobi</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00100</postalCode>
        <country>KE</country>
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    <electronicMailAddress>pomondi@kws.go.ke</electronicMailAddress>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>David</givenName>
      <surName>Bloom</surName>
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    <organizationName>VertNet</organizationName>
    <positionName>VertNet Coordinator</positionName>
    <electronicMailAddress>dbloom@vertnet.org</electronicMailAddress>
    <onlineUrl>http://www.vertnet.org</onlineUrl>
    <role>programmer</role>
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      2018-10-29
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  <abstract>
    <para>Laikipia Samburu Wildlife aerial census (2012)</para>
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            <keyword>Occurrence</keyword>
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            <keyword>Observation</keyword>
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            <keyword>Occurrence</keyword>
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    <para>This work is licensed under a <ulink url="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode"><citetitle>Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 License</citetitle></ulink>.</para>
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  <coverage>
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          <geographicDescription>Republic of Kenya</geographicDescription>
        <boundingCoordinates>
          <westBoundingCoordinate>34</westBoundingCoordinate>
          <eastBoundingCoordinate>42</eastBoundingCoordinate>
          <northBoundingCoordinate>5</northBoundingCoordinate>
          <southBoundingCoordinate>-5</southBoundingCoordinate>
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                  <beginDate>
                    <calendarDate>2012-11-26</calendarDate>
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                <endDate>
                  <calendarDate>2012-11-29</calendarDate>
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                <taxonRankValue>Mammalia</taxonRankValue>
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    <para>To determine wildlife abundance in the Laikipia-Samburu ecosystem</para>
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    <description>
      <para>Wildlife census is carried out after every three years</para>
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    <individualName>
        <givenName>Patrick</givenName>
      <surName>Omondi</surName>
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    <organizationName>Kenya Wildlife Service</organizationName>
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    <organizationName>Kenya Wildlife Service</organizationName>
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        <city>Nairobi</city>
        <administrativeArea>Nairobi</administrativeArea>
        <postalCode>00100</postalCode>
        <country>KE</country>
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            <para>Wildlife census data carried out after every three years depending on the availability of funds.</para>
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          <description>
            <para>Laikipia Samburu Ecosystem</para>
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          <para>Systematic transects were used. Census block maps were developed with predetermined transect lengths and widths.</para>
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      <qualityControl>
        <description>
          <para>Data records were processed by the experienced GIS personnel who removed double counts especially at the edge of the counting blocks</para>
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  <project id="BID-AF2015-0035-NAC">
    <title>Laikipia Samburu Wildlife Aerial Census</title>
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            <givenName>Peter</givenName>
          <surName>Hongo</surName>
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      <funding>
        <para>Kenya Government and its partners

Dataset publication funded by GBIF, BID-AF2015-0035-NAC.</para>
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          <para>Training followed by the actual wildlife census</para>
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            <citation>kws@kws.go.ke (2018): Laikipia Samburu 2012 Wildlife Aerial Census. v1.1, Kenya Wildlife Service. Dataset/Occurrence. http://ipt.vertnet.org:8080/ipt/resource?r=kws_laikipiasamburucensus_2012</citation>
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