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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 ... -
Uganda Cultural Institutions:
(한국아프리카학회지, 2007)Ugandan kingdoms are ancient institutions which trace their establishment from the Bunyoro-Kitara- the first kingdom. Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom was a cattle-based economy, ruled by the cattle-keeping Babito aristocracy ... -
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 ... -
The Anomalous Low State of the X-ray Binary System Hercules X-1
(Doctoral dissertation, University of the Free State, 2008-08)The light curve of Hercules X-1 (Her X-1) shows a peculiar 35-day modulation of the X-ray flux cycling between low and high states. The 35-day modulation is believed to result from the occultation of the neutron star by a ... -
Status of Astronomy at Mbarara University of Science and Technology
(Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2009)In this paper, we describe the role astronomy has played in interesting students towards taking physics as a major subject during their final year in Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST). This has resulted ... -
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 ... -
Determination of cyanobacterial cyclic peptide hepatotoxins in drinking water using CE
(Electrophoresis, 2009-03-23)Four cyanobacteria hepatotoxins microcystin LR, microcystin RR, microcystin YR, and nodularin were simultaneously determined in drinking water using CZE and MEKC coupled with UV detection. The toxins were satisfactorily ... -
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 ... -
Effective Test Administration in Schools- Principals & Good Practices for Test Administrators in Uganda
(AJOTE, 2010)To establish academic achievement in any public school, teachers have to construct, administer and score tests or examinations. For a valid and reliable assessment of academic achievement, the tests should yield similar ... -
Novel methods for quantitative analysis and evaluation of effects of chronic exposure to microcystins by capillary electrophoresis and metabolomics studies
(2010)This thesis describes capillary electrophoresis (CE) methods for separation and quantification of cyan toxins in water; and “metabolomics” and “metabonomic” approaches for investigation of the effect of exposure of a human ...