• Population ecology of Beamys hindei and Rhynchocyon petersi in selected coastal forests of Tanzania 

  Sabuni, Christopher Andrew (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2016)

  This thesis is prepared according to ''Publishable manuscripts" format of the Sokoine University of Agriculture. The study on the population ecology vis-a-vis: distribution. population dynamics, space use and behavior, ...
• Factors affecting wildlife based domestic tourism in the northern tourist circuit, Tanzania 

  Mariki, Sayuni (Sokoine University Of Agriculture, 2006)

  The study on factors affecting domestic tourism was carried out in northern Tanzania tourist circuit. The study had the following objectives: (i) To determine the characteristics of domestic tourists, (ii) To assess the ...
• The role of local communities in wildlife management: a case study of the Serengeti regional conservation project, Tanzania 

  Ngowe, Nollasco Matozi (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2003)

  The study was conducted in the western corridor of the Serengeti National Park between October 2001 and January 2002. Tire study area included villages bordering the Ikorongo-Grumeti Game Reserve, Ikoma Wildlife Management ...
• Land use changes along wildlife corridors and their implications to conservation: a case of Saadani-Wami-Mbiki Wildlife corridor, Tanzania 

  Kileo, Lawrence Ebenezeri (Sokoine University of Agriculture, 2013)

  Wildlife corridors are facing conservation threats as a result of land use changes within and along them. The understanding of changes happening in the corridors over time is important for establishing the management ...
• Behavioural activities of two sympatric bird species and implications for Conservation and birding tourism in an urban landscape 

  Dismas, S.S; Mbilu, J.A.; Rija, A.A (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2021)

  The behaviours of most Afro-tropical birds inhabiting urban landscapes are still poorly understood making species conservation and utilization challenging particularly in increasingly changing cityscapes. This ...
• Human and landscape factors influencing lion mortalities in the maasai steppe ecosystem, northern Tanzania 

  Soka, G; Lyimo, J (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2021)

  The demography of the African lion is increasingly shaped by interactions with humans. Habitat fragmentation and persecution by humans are both linked to the decline in lions in most of their historical ranges such ...
• Population and conservation status of endangered ashy red Colobus in Ufipa plateau: updates 10 years after first report 

  Kitegile, A.S; Mtui, A.S; Mwamende, K (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2021)

  For centuries, forests in Africa have been converted into farm lands and human settlements leading into habitat loss for forest dwelling mammals especially primates. Last century witnessed an extensive decline of primate ...
• Effects of large-scale teak plantation establishment on plant species composition and diversity in Kilombero valley, Tanzania 

  Ngatena, G.D; Soka, G; Munishi, P.K.T. (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2022)

  Kilombero Teak Company (KVTC) have cleared more than 7,500 ha of natural miombo woodland since 1992, to establish a teak plantation in Kilombero valley. Currently, less is known about how this large teak plantation ...
• Avifauna community in a threatened conservation landscape, western Tanzania: a baseline 

  Mgelwa, A.S; Mpita, M.O; Rija, A.A; Kabalika, Z.; Hassan, S.N (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2023)

  Conservation of avian biodiversity in landscapes under immense anthropogenic pressures is dependent on sound population data that could guide informed conservation strategies. Using point count surveys, field observations ...
• Diet composition and niche overlap of four sympatric rodent species inhabiting mount Rungwe forest nature reserve, Tanzania 

  Richard, U; Byamungu, R.M; Magige, F. (Tanzania Journal of Forestry and Nature Conservation, 2022)

  Understanding animal feeding behaviour is key in determining coexistence mechanisms which are vital for conservation and management. The coexistence mechanisms of sympatric species in mount Rungwe are unknown. From ...
• 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 ...

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