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Mwangi Githiru
Affiliation : National Museums of Kenya · Kenya National Bureau of Statistics
- 24Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Mwangi Githiru has 24 indexed publications (2002–2025). Their work appears mainly in “Biological Conservation”, “Biodiversity and Conservation” and “Ostrich”. Their most cited article, “Avian Persistence in Fragmented Rainforest” (2002), has been cited 210 times. 4 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Belgium, Italy, Austria, China.
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- Habitat disturbance alters movement behaviour in a social Afrotropical forest bird
- Cooperative breeding alters physiological and behavioral responses to habitat fragmentation
- Anthropogenic activities affect forest structure and arthropod abundance in a Kenyan biodiversity hotspot
- Contrasting effects of cooperative group size and number of helpers on maternal investment in eggs and nestlings
- Kin do not always help: testing multiple hypotheses on nest feeding in a cooperatively breeding bird
- Complex Ways in Which Landscape Conditions and Risks Affect Human Attitudes Towards Wildlife
- Habitat fragmentation shapes natal dispersal and sociality in an Afrotropical cooperative breeder
- Globalization and Biodiversity Conservation Problems: Polycentric REDD+ Solutions
- Environmental factors affecting the distribution of African elephants in the Kasigau wildlife corridor, SE Kenya
- Cooperative breeding shapes post‐fledging survival in an Afrotropical forest bird
- A Spanner in the Works: Human–Elephant Conflict Complicates the Food–Water–Energy Nexus in Drylands of Africa
- Should biodiversity offsets help finance underfunded Protected Areas?
- Towards more equal footing in north–south biodiversity research: European and sub-Saharan viewpoints
- Vegetation composition and structure influences bird species community assemblages in the highland agricultural landscape of Nyandarua, Kenya
- Mechanisms of Coexistence in Vultures: Understanding the Patterns of Vulture Abundance at Carcasses in Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
- Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest
- Using science to guide conservation: From landscape modelling to increased connectivity in the Taita Hills, SE Kenya
- Nesting status of African White-backed Vultures Gyps africanus in the Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya
- A Survey of the Large and Medium Sized Mammals of Arawale National Reserve, Kenya
- Demography of alpine red squirrel populations in relation to fluctuations in seed crop size
- Application of fragmentation research to conservation planning for multiple stakeholders: An example from the Taita Hills, southeast Kenya
- Genetic equilibrium despite habitat fragmentation in an Afrotropical bird
- Nest predation in a fragmented Afrotropical forest: evidence from natural and artificial nests
- Avian Persistence in Fragmented Rainforest
Publication venues
- Biological Conservation × 4
- Biodiversity and Conservation × 2
- Ostrich × 2
- Molecular Ecology × 2
- iScience × 1
- Animal Behaviour × 1
Publications per year
- 20251
- 20241
- 20232
- 20222
- 20201
- 20191
- 20173
- 20151
- 20141
- 20131
Collaborations
Partner institutions : Ghent University · University of Antwerp · University of Salzburg · University of Insubria · University of Turin
Co-authors’ countries : Belgium · Italy · Austria · China
Co-authors
- Beate Apfelbeck
- Dries Van de Loock
- Gladys Nyakeru Kung'u
- Laurence Cousseau
- Peter Njoroge
- Petri Pellikka
- Simon Thomsett
- Munir Z. Virani
- Luc Lens
- Linda Alila
- David K. Korir
- Lucas Armand Wauters
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