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Getting better with age: Lessons from the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE).

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¹The Nature Conservancy, Lander, Wyoming, USA.

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Summary

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The Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE) reveals long-term ecological impacts of herbivores. Over 29 years, it highlights the value of sustained research for understanding savanna resilience and environmental change.

Keywords:

delayed responses drought environmental change herbivore exclosures livestock mega‐herbivores year effects

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Area of Science:

Ecological science
Rangeland ecology
Long-term ecological research

Background:

Established in 1995, the Kenya Long-term Exclosure Experiment (KLEE) investigates herbivore impacts in semi-arid savanna.
The experiment examines the effects of livestock, wildlife, and megaherbivores on the shared environment over 29 years.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the long-term, separate, and combined effects of various herbivores on savanna ecosystems.
To address questions of ecological stability and resilience across multiple drought-rainy cycles.
To balance question-driven research with the value of long-term data collection.

Main Methods:

Long-term ecological monitoring within experimental exclosures.
Quantification of environmental effects across varying years, including drought periods.
Analysis of ecological changes influenced by anthropogenic factors.

Main Results:

Identification of experimental effects that manifest over extended periods (29 years).
Quantification of inter-annual variations in ecological responses, including drought impacts.
Detection of ecological signatures indicative of anthropogenic change.

Conclusions:

Long-term studies are crucial for understanding slow-developing ecological processes and resilience.
Sustained research in savanna ecosystems provides invaluable data on environmental dynamics.
Long-term experiments foster scientific collaboration and generate new research questions.