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Are Livestock Keepers in and Around Forests Key Stakeholders in Forest Management? Experiences from Mabira Central Forest Reserve, Uganda
(Springer, Cham., 2019)
Globally, forests play an important role in supporting livelihoods of local
communities that surround them. However, livestock rearing is hardly considered
an important livelihood activity supported by forests. Forests ...
Observed controls on resilience of groundwater to climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa
(Nature, 2019)
Groundwater in sub-Saharan Africa supports livelihoods and poverty alleviation1,2, maintains vital ecosystems, and strongly influences terrestrial water and energy budgets3. Yet the hydrological processes that govern ...
Natural history of Mycoplasma genitalium Infection in a Cohort of Female Sex Workers in Kampala, Uganda
(Sexually transmitted diseases, 2013)
There have been few studies of the natural history of Mycoplasma genitalium in
women. We investigated patterns of clearance and recurrence of untreated M. genitalium infection
in a cohort of female sex workers in ...
Research and Development of Biopesticides: Challenges and Prospects
(Outlooks on Pest Management, 2019)
Even though pesticides have greatly contributed to boosting
agricultural productivity and farmer income over the years,
there have been concerns about the safety of some of these
pest control products. Besides, there ...
Correlation of geoelectric data with aquifer parameters to delineate the groundwater potential of hard rock terrain in Central Uganda.
(2010)
Knowledge of aquifer parameters is essential for management of groundwater resources. Conventionally, these parameters are estimated through pumping tests carried out on water wells. This paper presents a study that was ...
Genetic evidence of successful establishment of the Nile perch (Lates spp. L.) in East African lakes and implications for management
(Management of Biological Invasions, 2012)
Nile perch establishment in novel ranges in East Africa is one of the most successful freshwater invasion stories in the recent history. It became ecologically dominant and well established in several lakes in the Lake ...
Modeling the Impact of Climate Change on the Dynamics of Rift Valley Fever
(Hindaw, 2014)
A deterministic SEIR model of rift valley fever (RVF) with climate change parameters was considered to compute the basic reproduction number and investigate the impact of temperature and precipitation on . To study the ...
Late holocene trends of phytoplankton productivity and anoxia as inferred from diatom and geochemical proxies in Lake Victoria, Eastern Africa
(Biogeosciences Discussions, 2013)
Lake Victoria ecosystem has undergone major ecological changes in the recent decades. Sedimentary diatom analysis and Fe/Mn determined by Energy Dispersive X-ray Fluorescence (EDXRF) have provided phytoplankton (diatom) ...
Conservation of vertebrates and plants in Uganda: Identifying Key Biodiversity Areas and other sites of national importance
(Conservation Science and Practice, 2019)
Uganda is one of the most species rich countries in Africa because of the presence
of several major biomes. However, it is also a country that has lost much of its natural
habitat to agriculture. Uganda is a country that ...
A Characterization of the Drivers, Pressures, Ecosystem Functions and Services of Namatala Wetland, Uganda
(Environmental Science & Policy, 2013)
Namatala wetland near the town of Mbale in the Eastern region of Uganda is a papyrus wetland that is subject to conversion for agriculture (mainly rice farming) and pollution by wastewater. The main goal of this study was ...