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The Future of Tropical Water Resources: Using Palaeolimnology to Inform Sustainable Management.
(2000)Lakes are an important resource. They provide vital ecosystem services and employment for many communities worldwide. Maintaining lakes as ecosystem providers without damaging the lake ecosystems themselves, against a ... -
Regeneration of indigenous trees inMgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda
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Ecological recovery of an afromontane forest in southwestern Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2004)A study of the regeneration of an Afromontane forest was carried out in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP), south-western Uganda. The area landscape has been subjected to agricultural encroachment for the last 50 years. ... -
Crop raiding around Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2004)In areas around lake mburo national park, large wild animals wander in close proximity t human settlements. This poses serious conflicts in terms of crop damage. This integration of conservation with other land uses is ... -
A comparison of two mountain gorilla habitats in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2004-12)Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, is a small protected area (331 km2) within which there is large climatic and altitudinal variation. Therefore we compared habitat types and forest composition between two locations ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(Journal of social science research, 2005)This paper establishes the importance of good governance in improving local livelihoods and support for conservation The study uses empirical realities from Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, an Afromontane Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Late-Holocene environmental variability at Munsa archaeological site, Uganda: a multicore, multiproxy approach
(ResearchGate, 2005-03-04)Abstract: Palaeoenvironmental data, in the form of 113 counts of pollen, fungal spores and charcoal abundances, 121 counts of phytoliths and 15 AMS 14C dates (11 macrofossil and 4 bulk sediment samples), have provided a ... -
Africa’s earliest bananas?
(Journal of Archaeological Science, 2005-06-28)The recent discovery of banana phytoliths dating to the first millennium BC in Cameroon has ignited debate about the timing ofthe introduction of this important food crop to Africa. This paper presents new phytolith evidence ... -
The fruit phenology of Musanga leo-errerae and its importance for chimpanzee diet in Kalinzu Forest Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Afr. J. Ecol., 2007-10-12)This study reports the rate of fruit phenological pattern of Musanga leo-errerae and how it sustains the chimpanzee population better than other fruits in Kalinzu Forest Reserve. We analysed 2635 faecal samples to determine ... -
Vegetation dynamics in western Uganda during the last 1000 years: climate change or human induced environmental degradation?
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Afr. J. Ecol, 2009)A multi-proxy analysis of microfossils from sedimentary records, together with evidence from historical and archaeological data, has provided evidence of vegetation dynamics and human environment interactions in western ... -
Vegetation dynamics in western Uganda during the last 1000 years: climate change or human induced environmental degradation?
(African Journal of Ecology, 2009)A multi-proxy analysis of microfossils from sedimentary records, together with evidence from historical and archaeological data, has provided evidence of vegetation dynamics and human environment interactions in western ... -
Observations on the breeding behaviour of the Stripe-breasted tit (Parus fasciiventer) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(African Journal of ecology, 2009)The motivation of this study was to investigate some hitherto unknown information on the breeding ecology of the Stripe-breasted Tit (Parus fasciiventer) in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, south-western Uganda. Parus ... -
Utilization of forest plant resources by the local people around Kalinzu Forest Reserve, South-Western Uganda
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, Afr. J. Ecol, 2009-04-03)Local communities depend on Kalinzu Forest Reserve (KFR) for plant resources (Appendix 2). This resource utilization affects the forest ecosystem. The frequency and methods of harvest were studied to assess the impact of ... -
Utilization of forest plant resources by the local people around Kalinzu Forest Reserve, South-Western Uganda
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)This paper describes the plant resources harvested, plus frequency, quantities and mode of harvest, to make recommendations that can encourage sustainable forest resource use in the Kalinzu Forest Reserve in south-western ... -
Ficus sp. and Musanga leo-errerae: coexistent keystone fruits for chimpanzees in Kalinzu forest Grace
(African Journal of Ecology, 2011)The composition of Ficus sp. and Musanga leo-errerae in Chimpanzees’ diet was investigated by faecal analysis and direct observation in the medium altitude forest of Kalinzu, along the albertine rift, south-western Uganda. ... -
Diet and feeding habits of the small catfish, Clarias liocephalus in wetlands of Western Uganda
(African Journal of Ecology, 2012)Clarias liocephalus is an air-breathing catfish inhabiting wetland and river systems in East Africa. This catfish is in high demand for sale as live bait in the Nile perch fishery of Lake Victoria and equally important in ... -
Microbial quality of beef and hygiene practices in small and medium slaughterhouses and butcheries in Uganda
(Research Square, 2012)Abstract Background if hygiene practices along the beef processing nodes at small and medium enterprise (SME) slaughter houses and butcheries are not observed, they may pose a health risk due to microbial contamination. ... -
Estimation of Population of Ten Selected Forest Tree Species Used by Communities around Kalinzu Forest Reserve, South-Western Uganda
(Scientific research, 2012-04-29)Local communities depend on Kalinzu Forest Reserve (KFR) for plant resources. This resource utilization affects the population of tree species in the forest. This study set out to estimate the population of ten tree species ... -
Changing Trends of Natural Resources Degradation in Kagera Basin: Case Study of Kagera Sub-Basin, Uganda
(Scientific Research, 2012-06-04)In many respects, river basins are extremely convenient natural resources management units and hence calls for an inte- grated approach in case of transboundary nature. Environmental resources in Kagera basin are under ... -
Potential of Fermentation in Detoxifying Toxic Cassava Root Tubers
(Journal of Agricultural Science and Technology, 2012-10-20)Abstract: Quantitative determination of hydrogen cyanide (HCN) content in a toxic local cassava variety “Rutuga” with an initial total HCN of 16.65%, free HCN of 9.19% and bound HCN (cyanoglycosides) of 7.46% in the fresh ...
