• Evaluation of tropical coastal land cover and land use changes and their impacts on ecosystem Service values 

  Ligate, E. J; Chen, C.; Wu, C. (nforma UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group, 2018)

  Understanding about land cover and land use (LCLU) changes, as well as the associated impacts on ecosystem service values (ESV) is extremely important in the management of coastal ecosystems globally. Thus, this study ...
• The status of forest ecosystem services and their management: the case of Uzigua forest reserve in Tanzanian coastal forests 

  Ligate, E. J; Wu, S-Z; Chen, C. (Natural Resources and Conservation, 2017)

  Sustainable forest production and management require an understanding of how people identify and understand coastal forests ecosystems (CFEs) services and their management. This study was conducted to understand how local ...
• Contribution of Tanzania Southern highlands forest diversity to household income and food supplements;The case of Mufindi district in Tanzania 

  Msola, D. K; Ligate, E. J.; Chen, C.; Wu, C. (SCIENCEDOMAIN international, 2017)

  Understanding the role played by forest diversity to supply non-timber forest products for income and food supplements of households is important in forest management and human life. This study was conducted to investigate ...
• Impacts of salt water intrusion on maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oryza sativa) production under climate change scenarios in Bagamoyo district-Tanzania 

  Ligate, E. J; Kitila, M. M; Chen, C.; Wu, C. (Universal Journal of Agricultural Research, 2017)

  Salt water intrusion is a challenge on production of human staple foods Zea mays and Oryza sativa in the changing climate, along the global coastal zones. Information on how salinity affects these crops is essential in ...
• Estimation of carbon stock in the regenerating tree Species of the intact and disturbed forest sites in Tanzania 

  Ligate, E. J; Chen, C.; Wu, C. (International journal of environment and climate change, 2018)

  Estimation of carbon in the forests located in the coast of tropics is needed to support conservation and forest monitoring strategies. This study aimed at quantifying carbon stocks in the regenerating tree species of ...
• Soluble bases and cec variation across Undisturbed and disturbed coastal forests in Tanzania 

  Ligate, E. J; Chen, C. (Book Publisher International,, 2019)

  Understanding of different levels of soil calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), potassium (K), sodium (Na), cation exchange capacity (CEC), and percentage base saturation (BS), is important in the management of forest ecosystems. ...
• Effects of sucrose, boric acid, ph, and incubation Time on in vitro germination of pollen and tube growth of Chinese fir 

  Fragallah, S. A. D. A.; Lin, S; Lin, N; Ligate, E J; Chen, Y (Forests, 2019)

  In vitro pollen germination provides a novel approach and strategy to accelerate genetic improvement of tree breeding. Studies about pollen germination and tube growth of Chinese fir are limited. Therefore, this study ...
• Investigation of tropical coastal forest regeneration after farming and livestock grazing exclusion 

  Wu, C.; Chen, C.; Ligate, E. J. (Springer, 2018)

  It is critical to understand how forests regenerate after the exclusion of human induced disturbances because the regenerating species drive the renewal of resources and ecosystems, which in turn support human beings ...
• Evaluation of soil fertility status based on CEC and variation across disturbed and intact tropical coastal forests sites in Tanzania 

  Chen, C.; Wu, C.; Ligate, E. J. (Asian Journal of Environment & Ecology, 2018)

  Although an understanding of different levels of soil calcium, magnesium, potassium, sodium, cation exchange capacity, and percentage base saturation, is important in the management of forest ecosystems; however, there ...
• Evaluation of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in disturbed and intact tropical coastal forest sites in Tanzania 

  Ligate, E. J; Chen, C. (International Journal of Plant & Soil Science, 2019)

  This study investigated and established the variation of soil nitrogen, total carbon and phosphorus across closed forest; crop-agriculture and livestock disturbed sites. The study provides useful information for local ...
• Canonical correlation analysis across vegetation and soil properties of the disturbed and undisturbed coastal forest ecosystems 

  Ligate, E. J; Chen, C. (Advances in Research, 2019)

  This study presents comparative initial information about canonical correlation across forest stand parameters, diversity indices and soil properties in undisturbed forest sites (IFS), agriculture disturbed sites (ADS) ...
• Carbon stocks potential in regenerating trees of the tropical coastal forest ecosystems 

  Ligate, E. J. (Book Publisher International, 2020)

  Estimation of carbon in the regenerating tropical coastal forest is needed to support conservation and forest monitoring strategies. This chapter presents the determined carbon stocks in regenerating species across forest ...
• Impacts of salt water intrusion on maize (zea mays) and rice (oryza sativa) production under climate change scenarios in Bagamoyo District-Tanzania 

  Ligate, E. J.; Kitila, M. M.; Chen, C.; Wu, C. (2017)

  Salt water intrusion is a challenge on production of human staple foods Zea mays and Oryza sativa in the changing climate, along the global coastal zones. Information on how salinity affects these crops is essential in ...
• Investigation of the predictive validity of communication skills examination on university students’ overall academic performance in Tanzania 

  Kafanabo, E.J.; Komba, S.C. (2012-12-19)

  This article is about the Predictive Validity of the University Communication Skills (CS) examination on the Students’ Overall Academic Performance. It is based on the study which was conducted at the Sokoine University ...
• The potential of mitochondrial DNA markers and polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism for domestic and wild species identification 

  Malisa, A.L.; Gwakisa, P; Balthazary, S.; Wasser, S. K; Mutayoba, B. M. (Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania., 2006-09-18)

  Poaching is increasingly presenting challenge to conservational authorities in Africa. Accurate and reliable methods for the identification of poached wildlife meat when morphological features are missing, has been lacking ...
• The genetic change in P. falciparum populations of rural Tanzania resulting from national policy on firstline malaria treatment and pilot Sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine and Artesunate combination 

  Malisa, Allen L; Pearce, Richard J; Abdullah, Salim; Mshinda, Hassan; Kachur, Patrick; Bloland, Peter; Roper, Cally (Malaria Journal, 2010-10)

  Theory predicts that we can protect the efficacy of future antimalarials by changing treatment practice or drug formulation, but the potential success of such interventions rests upon their impact on drug pressure in ...
• Prevalence and constraints of typhoid fever and its control in an endemic area of Singida region in Tanzania: Lessons for effective control of the disease 

  Malisa, Allen L; Nyaki, Honest (Journal of Public Health and Epidemiology, 2010-08)

  Typhoid fever (TF) is an important communicable disease that is endemic to Tanzania, quite often complicated with malaria co-infection leading to diagnostic complications and significant mortality. Despite considerable ...
• Artemisinin combination therapies price disparity between government and private health sectors and its implication on antimalarial drug consumption pattern in Morogoro Urban District, Tanzania 

  Malisa, Allen Lewis; Kiriba, Deodatus (BMC Research Notes, 2012)

  Universal access to effective treatments is a goal of the Roll Back Malaria Partnership. However, despite official commitments and substantial increases in financing, this objective remains elusive, as development assistance ...
• The evolution of pyrimethamine resistant dhfr in Plasmodium falciparum of south-eastern Tanzania: comparing selection under SP alone vs SP +artesunate combination 

  Malisa, Allen L; Pearce, Richard J; Mutayoba, Ben M; Abdullah, Salim; Mshinda, Hassan; Kachur, Patrick S; Bloland, Peter; Roper, Cally (Malaria Journal, 2011)

  Background: Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) resistance is now widespread throughout east and southern Africa and artemisinin compounds in combination with synthetic drugs (ACT) are recommended as replacement treatments by ...
• Dhfr and dhps mutations in plasmodium falciparum isolates in Mlandizi, Kibaha, Tanzania: association with clinical outcome 

  Kidima, W; Nkwengulila, G.; Premji, Z.; Malisa, A.; Mshinda, H (Tanzania Health Research Bulletin, 2006-05)

  Sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP), the current first line antimalarial drug in Tanzania, is compromised by evolution and spread of mutations in the parasite's dhfr and dhps genes. In the present study we established the ...

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