Documenting the chronology of ecosystem health erosion along East African rivers

Pristine tropical ecosystems are currently suffering under extreme demographic pressure. This has led to habitat destruction and disturbances, an important precondition for the invasion of exotic species into pristine ecosystems, with detrimental effects on biodiversity. In this study, we analysed the chronology of land cover changes along rivers in south‐eastern Kenya using historical aerial photographs and current aerial pictures taken from a...