| CURRICULUM VITAE | 第1-11页 |
| 摘要 | 第11-14页 |
| ABSTRACT | 第14-17页 |
| CONTENTS | 第17-20页 |
| LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS | 第20-21页 |
| CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION | 第21-29页 |
| §1.1 BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY | 第21-24页 |
| §1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM | 第24-26页 |
| §1.3 AIMS AND OBJECTIVES | 第26-27页 |
| §1.4 SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY | 第27页 |
| §1.5 RATIONALE,CONTEXT AND SCOPE OF THE STUDY | 第27-29页 |
| CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW OF HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICT | 第29-41页 |
| §2.1 HUMAN ELEPHANT CONFLICTS | 第29-31页 |
| §2.2 ELEPHANT DAMAGE TO CROP | 第31-33页 |
| §2.3 CHANGES IN LAND-USE PATTERNS | 第33-36页 |
| §2.4 MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF ELEPHANTS | 第36页 |
| §2.5 CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS ON HUMAN ACTIVITIES,ECOSYSTEM AND BIODIVERSITY | 第36-39页 |
| §2.6 DEMOGRAPHY OF THE MERU ELEPHANT POPULATION | 第39-41页 |
| CHAPTER 3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | 第41-57页 |
| §3.1 STUDY AREA ESTABLISHMENT AND LOCATION | 第41-46页 |
| ·Topography | 第41-42页 |
| ·SOils and drainage | 第42-44页 |
| ·Climate | 第44页 |
| ·Flora | 第44-45页 |
| ·Fauna | 第45-46页 |
| ·Human population | 第46页 |
| §3.2 DATA COLLECTION AS PER OBJECTIVE | 第46-47页 |
| §3.3 DESIGN OF THE SURVEY TOOL(QUESTIONNAIRE) | 第47页 |
| §3.4 SAMPLING FRAMEWORK AND STRATEGY | 第47-56页 |
| §3.5 DATA ANALYSIS | 第56-57页 |
| CHAPTER 4 RESULTS AND DISCUSSIoN | 第57-94页 |
| §4.1 INTRODUCTION | 第57页 |
| §4.2 RESPONDENTS CHARACTERISTICS | 第57-58页 |
| §4.3 ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES OF COMMUNITIES | 第58-59页 |
| §4.4 NATURE AND EXTENT OF HUMAN-ELEPHANT CONFLICT | 第59-70页 |
| ·Areas worst affected by elephant crop-raiding | 第59-60页 |
| ·Elephant damage incidents per month in MNP 2011 | 第60-61页 |
| ·Number of farms raided | 第61-62页 |
| ·Crops affected by elephant raid | 第62-64页 |
| ·Other types of damage by elephants in Areas ajacent to MNP | 第64页 |
| ·Extent of elephant damage | 第64-65页 |
| ·Level of crop damage | 第65-66页 |
| ·Type of elephants damaging crops | 第66-70页 |
| §4.5 RAINFALL VARIABILITY | 第70-76页 |
| ·Rainfall and crop raiding | 第74-75页 |
| ·Rainfall and cost of crop raiding | 第75页 |
| ·Cost and month of crop raiding | 第75-76页 |
| §4.6 COSTS OF LOSSES DUE TO CROP RAIDING | 第76-80页 |
| §4.7 ESTABLISHMENT OF SEASONAL MOVEMENT PATTERNS OF ELEPHANTS IN RELATION TO CROP RAIDING IN AREAS ADJACENT TO MERU NATIONAL PARK | 第80-87页 |
| §4.8 QUANTIFICATION OF CHANGES IN LAND-USE PATTERNS AND TRENDS IN MERU NATIONAL PARK ITS ENVIRONS | 第87-94页 |
| CHAPTER 5 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS | 第94-101页 |
| §5.1 CONCLUSIONS | 第94-99页 |
| ·Economic activities | 第94页 |
| ·Nature and extent of human elephant conflict | 第94-95页 |
| ·Rainfall variability | 第95页 |
| ·CoSt of crop raiding | 第95-96页 |
| ·Seasonal movement pattern | 第96-97页 |
| ·Quantification of land use patterns | 第97-99页 |
| §5.2 INNOVATIONS | 第99页 |
| §5.3 RECOMMENDATIONS | 第99-101页 |
| ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS | 第101-103页 |
| REFERENCES | 第103-114页 |
| APPENDICES | 第114-126页 |
