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African golden cats, citizen science, and serendipity: tapping the camera trap revolution
(South African Journal of Wildlife Research-24-month delayed open access, 2013)The use of camera traps for wildlife research and monitoring is increasing and this is yielding significant observations at an accelerating pace. Yet many potentially valuable observations are overlooked, misinterpreted ... -
Annual cycles are the most common reproductive strategy in African tropical tree communities
(Bwindi Mgahinga Conservation Trust, 2018-03-27)This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved ABSTRACT We present the first cross continental comparison of the flowering and fruiting phenology of tropical forests across Africa. Flowering events of 5446 ... -
An Assessment of the Effectiveness ofNkuringoBufferZone in MitigatingCrop Raiding Incidencesaround Bwindi ImpenetrableNational Park, S.W. Uganda
(Mbarara University of Science and Technology, 2015-03)In Bwindi Impenetrable National Park (BINP), a buffer zone strategy was introduced in Nkuringo(southern BINP)in 2005to counter wild animal crop raiding incidences and to generate in come for adjacent local people. This ... -
An Assessment of the Status of Exotic Plant Species and Natural Vegetation Types of Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, South-Western Uganda.
(1999)Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (MGNP) is an afromontane forest region in south-west Uganda on the slopes of the Virunga volcanoes, characterised by a great diversity of habitat types associated with its altitudinal range. ... -
Asynchronous carbon sink saturation in African and Amazonian tropical forests
(Nature, 2020-03-04)Structurally intact tropical forests sequestered about half of the global terrestrial carbon uptake over the 1990s and early 2000s, removing about 15 per cent of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions1–3. Climate-driven ... -
The Availability and Distribution of Fruit and Non-Fruit Plant Resources in Bwindi: their Influence on Gorilla Habitat Use and Food Choice
(2005)Gorillas (Gorilla gorilla) are the largest extant apes, whose 2 species and 4 subspecies are all highly endangered. Relatively little is know about the mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei) of Bwindi Impenetrable ... -
Bamboo for people, Mountain gorillas, and golden monkeys: Evaluating harvest and conservation trade-offs and synergies in the Virunga Volcanoes
(Institute of Tropical Forest Conservation,, 2011-10-10)There are conflicting demands on bamboo (Yushania alpina(K. Schum.) Lin.) in Mgahinga Gorilla National Park (Virunga Volcanoes), Uganda. Local people lost legal access to bamboo when the park was gazetted in 1991 – but ... -
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, 2015-05-25)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 ... -
Can Governance in Revenue Sharing Be a Pathway for a Win-win Situation between People’s Livelihood Improvement and Conservation?
(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 afromontne Gorilla sanctuary ... -
Changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic perturbations in an east African tropical forest
(African Journal of Ecology, 2023)We assessed changes in floristic composition, diversity and anthropogenic activities in an East African forest; Echuya Central Forest Reserve (ECFR). Using 272 permanent sample plots, comparisons between 2015 and 2021 were ... -
Chimpanzees in Bwindi-Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, Use Different Tools to Obtain Different Types of Honey
(Primates, 2000)Evidence of tool use for foraging for honey by chimpanzees in Bwindi-Impenetrable National Park, Uganda, is reported. These are the first records of tool use by chimpanzees in this region of the Albertine Rift. Tools of ... -
Co-limitation towards lower latitudes shapes global forest diversity gradients
(Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2022-08)The latitudinal diversity gradient (LDG) is one of the most recognized global patterns of species richness exhibited across a wide range of taxa. Numerous hypotheses have been proposed in the past two centuries to explain ... -
Combining camera trap surveys and IUCN range maps to improve knowledge of species distributions
(Conservation Biology, 2023)Reliable maps of species distributions are fundamental for biodiversity research and conservation. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List range maps are widely recognized as authoritative ... -
Complex contexts and dynamic drivers: Understanding four decades of forest loss and recovery in an East African protected area
(Biological Conservation, 2013)Protected forests are sometimes encroached by surrounding communities. But patterns of cover change can vary even within one given setting – understanding these complexities can offer insights into the effective maintenance ... -
Conservation in a Region of Political Instability: Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Uganda
(Conservation Biology, 2000)Bwindi Impenetrable is the most important forest in Uganda for conservation of biodiversity. It contains over half the world’s mountain gorillas. It is surrounded by densely populated agricultural land and lies within a ... -
Consistent daily activity patterns across tropical forest mammal communities
(Research square, 2022)Most animals follow distinct daily activity patterns reflecting their adaptations1, requirements, and Interactions 2-4. Specific communities provide specific opportunities and constraints to their members that further ... -
Consistent diel activity patterns of forest mammals among tropical regions
(Nature communications, 2022)An animal’s daily use of time (their “diel activity”) reflects their adaptations, requirements, and interactions, yet we know little about the underlying processes governing diel activity within and among communities. Here ... -
Consistent patterns of common species across tropical tree communities
(Nature, 2024-01-10)Trees structure the Earth’s most biodiverse ecosystem, tropical forests. The vast number of tree species presents a formidable challenge to understanding these forests, including their response to environmental change, as ... -
Cryptosporidium and giardia species in newly and previously habituated gorillas and nearby water sources in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(Pan African Medical Journal, 2019-10)Introduction: cryptosporidium and giardia are of great one health significance and major cause of protozoan diarrhea in humans and primates; they are found in the faecal matter of animals and humans and also in contaminated ... -
Dietary Variability of Mountain Gorillas in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda
(International Journal of Primatology, 2004-10)Data on intraspecific dietary variability has important implications for understanding flexibility in foraging behavior, habitat utilization, population dynamics, and social behavior and may also assist in conservation ...
