• A new diet on the menu: yellow baboon foraging on cassod tree (senna siamea), a trypsin inhibitor legume 

  Kitegile, A.S (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2022)

  Cassod (Senna Siamea) which belongs to the family Fabaceae is the fast-growing leguminous tree with prolific seed production. The tree contains trypsin inhibitor proteins which are potentially deleterious to monogastric ...
• Ecological correlates of population abundance of a pest small mammal species (mastomys natalensis) inhabiting a protected area-farmland landscape in western Serengeti, Tanzania 

  Rwebuga, E.J; Mulungu, L.S.; Rija, A.A; Hassan, S.N. (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2023)

  There is growing recognition of the negative impacts pest mammal species have on food security and the human health. Strategies to reduce these impacts could benefit from results of association of population of the pests ...
• Foraging in a 3-D world: the influence of body size and sex on vertical and horizontal foraging behaviour of yellow baboons 

  Kitegile, A.S; Hassan, S.N (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2022)

  Foraging is among complex animal behaviours, which involve making decisions on what and where to forage, so as to maximize nutritional gain and reduce predation risk. In ungulates, it is known to also be influenced ...
• Diversity of terrestrial small mammals and prevalence of haemopathogens in rattus rattus of Mafia island, Tanzania 

  Sirilo, Tecla Mageni (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  This study presents the diversity of terrestrial small mammals and prevalence of haemopathogens in Mafia Islands and the small islands (Chole, Jibondo, Juani and Shungimbili) which are associated with Mafia. Terrestrial ...
• Rodent community structure and their damage in cotton crop fields in Kilosa district, Tanzania 

  Seif, William (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Rodent is the one of vertebrates group causing a significant crop loss from planting, harvest to storages. This study assessed abundance, diversity, age structure, sex ratio, damage level and food categories of rodent ...
• Patterns of fish community structure in protected and non-protected marine areas in Tanzania mainland 

  Salema, Fausta (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Over the years Marine Protected Areas (MPA) have excelled in protecting marine biodiversity contrary to other less protected areas. However, information on the performance of protection on the condition of fish stocks ...
• Influence of agro-pastoralism on herbaceous plants diversity and livelihood of communities in Western Serengeti 

  Kavana, Pius Yoram (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

  First of all I would like to thank the Almighty God for granting me life and strength that enabled me to execute this study. I wish to acknowledge the financial support from my employer (Tanzania Wildlife Research ...
• The ecology of large herbivores in the Miombo woodlands of South East Tanzania 

  Rodgers, William Alan (The University of of Nairobi, 1979)

  The studies described in this thesis arose from an ecological survey of part of the eastern side of the Selous Game Reserve in south east Tanzania from 1967 to 1975* The intensive study area contained two major, ...
• Trypanosomes infection in rodents and their zoonotic potential from Ruaha ward in Kilosa district, Tanzania 

  Samiji, A.M; Katakweba, A.S; Phiri, E.C (TAJAS, 2022)

  Zoonotic haemoparasites are among of the public health problems that affect human population and are capable of being transmitted from wildlife reservoirs. Study on trypanosomes infection in rodents from Ruaha ward in ...
• Spatio-temporal dynamics of land use and land cover, wildlife habitats and populations in the greater Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania. 

  Kija, Hamza Khalid (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2021)

  Land use and land cover (LULC) change is a common phenomenon and of great concern to conservation in many terrestrial ecosystems, including the Serengeti Ecosystem (SE) in Tanzania. LULC changes can pose profound impacts ...
• Geographic biases in cane rat (thryonomyds) research may impede broader wildlife utilization and conservation in Africa: a systematic review 

  Kilwanila, Shadia I; Msalya, George M; Lyimo, Charles M; Rija, Alfan A (Elsevier, 2021)

  There is a growing body of literature about cane rat species but most of the published work is patchy and current spatial distribution is unknown which limits its wide appli- cation in the utilization of the species for ...
• Impacts of recreational infrastructure on rodent communities and their associated haemoparasites in Serengeti national park, Tanzania 

  Bupamba, Happiness C.; Bupamba, Happiness Charles (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  Rodents are a vital component of ecosystems influencing various ecological aspects such as community structure, stability, and diversity. However, they are very sensitive to environmental change, thus act as indicators ...
• Socio-economic and conservation effects of banning live wild animals trade: the case of communities bordering Nilo nature forest reserve, Tanzania 

  Saidi, Abdallah Selemani (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2022)

  The Live Wild Animals Trade Ban (LWATB) has been imposed temporarily by the Tanzania government since March 2016. The ban implied a national revenue loss of about 1.83 billion Tanzanian Shillings (TZS) per year. One among ...
• Gender and socio-economic factors influencing domestication of indigenous medicinal plants in the west Usambara mountains, northern Tanzania 

  Kideghesho, Jafari R; Msuya, Tuli S (Taylor and Francis Group, 2010)

  The limited capacity of governments in developing countries to service primary health care has resulted in a rapid increase in use of indigenous medicinal plants. This increase, together with other biological and ...
• Factors and ecological impacts of wildlife habitat destruction in the Serengeti ecosystem in Northern Tanzania 

  Kideghesho, Jafari R; Nyahongo, Julius W; Hassan, Shombe N; Tarimo, Thadeo C; Mbije, Nsajigwa E (2006-04)

  Despite the considerable worldwide efforts to establish the wildlife protected areas - a strategy construed as the most feasible in maintaining the high quality habitats for healthy wildlife populations - destruction of ...
• Availability, preference, and consumption of indigenous forest foods in the eastern arc mountains, Tanzania 

  Msuya, Tuli S; Kideghesho, Jafari R.; Mosha, Theobald C. E (Taylor and Francis, 2010)

  We investigated the availability, preference, and consumption of indigenous forest foods in Uluguru North (UNM) and West Usambara Mountains (WUM) of Tanzania. Data collection techniques involved focus group discussion, ...
• The attitudes of tourists towards the environmental, social and managerial attributes of Serengeti national park, Tanzania 

  Kaltenborn, Bjørn P; Nyahongo, Julius W; Kideghesho, Jafari R (2011-06)

  Serengeti National Park is a world class icon for wildlife tourism attracting a diverse group of tourists from all over the world. The park has played a pivotal role in protecting large populations of wildlife species of ...
• The role of traditional management practices in enhancing sustainable use and conservation of medicinal plants in west Usambara mountains, Tanzania 

  Msuya, Tuli S; Kideghesho, Jafari R (2009-03)

  The study on importance of traditional practices in conservation of medicinal plants in West Usambara Mountains, Tanzania was conducted by using focus group discussions, interviews, participant observation, and botanical ...
• ‘Serengeti shall not die’: transforming an ambition into a reality 

  Kideghesho, Jafari R. (2010-09-27)

  The slogan “Serengeti shall not die” (German: Serengeti darf nicht sterben) is widely credited for alerting the global community to the urgency of conserving the Serengeti and its biological values for the benefit of local ...
• Seasonal fluctuations in photochemical efficiency of symbiodinium harbored by three reef-building corals that differ in bleaching susceptibility 

  Chauka, Leonard J.; Mbije, Nsajigwa E; Kangwe, Simon J (2015)

  Coral reefs are amongst the most vulnerable ecosystems to climate change. This study was conducted to evaluate the fluxes in the adaptations of reef-building corals to climate change. In order to explore this, chlorophyll ...

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