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    Utilization and On-Farm Conservation Of Woody Tree Species In Mazimasa Sub-County, Butaleja District, Eastern Uganda 

    Shehu, Abdulaziz; Shehu Wurno, Mustapha; Umar, Samaila; Aminu, Abdulkarim; Abdulkadir, Nafiu (International Journal of Innovative Agriculture & Biology Research, 2020)
    The losses of woody species result from rapid human population growth rates and poverty. Losses of woody species do not only affect the rural community that depend on it, but also contribute to the current climate change. ...
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    Ethnoveterinary medicines for cattle (Bos indicus) in Bulamogi county, Uganda: plant species and mode of use 

    Tabuti, John R.S.; Dhillion, Shivcharn S.; Lye, Kaare A. (Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2003)
    In this paper, we present an inventory and the mode of use of plants to treat cattle. This study was carried out in Bulamogi county of Uganda, using methods consisting of semi-structured interviews employing a checklist ...
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    Identifying indigenous practices for cultivation of wild saprophytic mushrooms: responding to the need for sustainable utilization of natural resources 

    Wendiro, Deborah; Wacoo, Alex Paul; Wise, Graham (Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2019)
    Due to increasing pressure on natural resources, subsistence agriculture communities in Uganda and Sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing increasingly restricted access to diminishing natural resources that are a ...
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    Exploring the genetic diversity of jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam.) grown in Uganda based on SSR markers 

    Nakintu, Justine; Albrecht, Christian; Muller, Christina M.; Kagoro-Rugunda, Grace; Andama, Morgan; Olet, Eunice A.; Lejju, Julius B.; Gemeinholzer, Birgit (Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020)
    Artocarpus heterophyllus Lam. is an economically important tree crop that is widely cultivated inUganda for its fruit. Despite its economic importance, little is known about the genetic diversity of jackfruit in the ...
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    Patterns of crop raiding by primates around the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda 

    Tweheyo, Mnason; Hill, Catherine M.; Obua, Joseph (Wildlife Biology, 2005)
    Crop raiding by primates in particular and wild animals in general is a significant source of people-forest conflict around the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. Crop loss to wild animals undermines local support for ...
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    Wildlife Snaring in Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda 

    Mwesigye Tumusiime, David; Eilu, Gerald; Tweheyo, Mnason; Babweteera, Fred (Human Dimensions of Wildlife, 2010)
    Snaring is an indiscriminate vertebrate trapping method that has maimed more than 36% of an estimated 700 resident chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) of Budongo Forest Reserve. This study was conducted in two phases to assess ...
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    Production, seasonality and management of chimpanzee food trees in Budongo Forest, Uganda 

    Tweheyo, Mnason; Babweteera, Fred (African journal of ecology, 2007)
    This study monitored the phenology of fruit and leaf of 575 chimpanzee food trees (40 species belonging to fifteen families) in the Budongo Forest Reserve (Uganda) from June 1999 to June 2006. We also monitored the ...
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    Transdisciplinary approach to solving conservation challenges: A case of Budongo Conservation Field Station, Uganda 

    Asiimwe, Caroline; Muhanguzi, Geoffrey; Okwir, Eric; Okimat, John Paul; Bugenyi, Andrew W.; Mugabe, Timothy; Babweteera, Fred (PeerJ PrePrints, 2016)
    The conservation of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) faces complex and dynamic threats, deriving mostly from anthropogenic factors such as high density and poverty in local human populations. One specific threat is poaching, ...
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    Effects of selective timber harvest on amphibian species diversity in Budongo forest Reserve, Uganda 

    Lukwago, Wilber; Behangana, Mathias; Mwavua, Edward N.; Hughes, Daniel F. (Forest Ecology and Management, 2020)
    We studied the effects of forest management on amphibian communities in the Budongo Central Forest Reserve, Uganda. We sampled amphibians from May to August of 2012 in four compartments with different logging and arbor ...
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    Medicinal plants used by communities of Ngai Subcounty, Apac District, northern Uganda 

    Okello, Jimmy; Ssegawa, Paul (African Journal of ecology, 2007)
    An ethnobotanical survey was carried out in Ngai subcounty in Apac District. Three parishes of Ajerijeri, Abok A and Omach were taken as stratified sample areas in which both male and female traditional healers of ...
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