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Woody Encroachment Extent and Its Associated Impacts on Plant and Herbivore Species Occurrence in Maswa Game Reserve, Tanzania
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2019-07-26)
Habitat degradation caused by woody plant encroachment has been a common phenomenon in savanna ecosystems.
An increasing woody plant cover in open grassland reduces grazing grounds and, consecutively, impacts
mammalian ...
Integrating UAV Technology in an Ecological Monitoring System for Community Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania
(MDPI, 2019-11-03)
Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) have recently emerged as a new remote sensing
aerial platform, and they are seemingly advancing real-time data generation. Nonetheless,
considerable uncertainties remain in the extent to ...
Drivers of increased soil erosion in East Africa’s agro-pastoral systems: changing interactions between the social, economic and natural domains
(Springer, 2019-06-08)
Increased soil erosion is one of the main drivers of land degradation in East Africa’s agricultural and pastoral landscapes. This wicked problem is rooted in historic disruptions to co-adapted agro-pastoral systems. ...
Emerging issues and challenges associated with conservation of the African baobab (Adansonia digitata L.) in the semi-arid areas of Tanzania
(International Network for Natural Sciences, 2019-11)
The aim of this review is to discuss the emerging issues and challenges in baobab conservation based on the climate change, emerging challenges related to herbivory and human use such as emerging of new markets for baobab ...
Pinpointing baobab (Adansonia digitata [Linn. 1759]) population hotspots in the semi‐arid areas of Tanzania
(John Wiley & Sons, 2019-11-15)
The impact of unsustainable land‐use conversions, changes in climate and anthropogenic activities on abundance and distribution of baobab populations was assessed in semi‐arid regions of Tanzania. Baobabs were sampled in ...
Variations in Greenhouse Gas Fluxes in Response to Short-Term Changes in Weather Variables at Three Elevation Ranges, Wakiso District, Uganda
(MDPI, 2019-11-14)
Weather conditions are among the major factors leading to the increasing greenhouse gas (GHG) fluxes from the agricultural soils. In this study, variations in the soil GHG fluxes with precipitation and soil temperatures ...
We will change whether we want it or not”: Soil erosion in Maasai land as a social dilemma and a challenge to community resilience
(Elsevier, 2019-10-31)
Soil erosion is a major environmental challenge that undermines economic development in many regions of the world. While much previous work explored physical processes behind this problem, less attention has been paid to ...
Can Cynodon dactylon Suppress the Growth and Development of the Invasive Weeds Tagetes minuta and Gutenbergia cordifolia?
(MDPI, 2019-12-06)
Approaches to managing invasive plants is challenging, particularly in protected areas where conventional methods, such as chemical herbicide applications are limited. We studied the effects of varying densities of Cynodon ...
Can Cynodon dactylon Suppress the Growth and Development of the Invasive Weeds Tagetes minuta and Gutenbergia cordifolia?
(MDPI, 2019-12-06)
Approaches to managing invasive plants is challenging, particularly in protected areas where conventional methods, such as chemical herbicide applications are limited. We studied the effects of varying densities of Cynodon ...
Integrating evidence of land use and land cover change for land management policy formulation along the Kenya-Tanzania borderlands
(Elsevier, 2019-11)
This paper presents an overview of the scientific evidence providing insights into long term ecosystem and social dynamics across the northern Tanzania and southern Kenya borderlands. The data sources covered a range from ...