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View article: Bat Cave Vulnerability to Anthropogenic Factors: Status and Priorities for Conservation Within the Mount Elgon Region, Uganda
Bat Cave Vulnerability to Anthropogenic Factors: Status and Priorities for Conservation Within the Mount Elgon Region, Uganda Open
Uganda is home to a rich diversity of bats, which carry high ecological and socioeconomic value through the ecosystem services that they provide. However, critical bat habitats, including caves, are facing increasing anthropogenic pressure…
View article: Household perceptions regarding bats and willingness to pay for their conservation within Mount Elgon Biosphere Reserve of Uganda
Household perceptions regarding bats and willingness to pay for their conservation within Mount Elgon Biosphere Reserve of Uganda Open
Introduction Bats play critical roles not only in sustaining ecosystems but also human livelihoods across different scales. Despite such values, their populations continue to be threatened mainly by human activities causing their decline. …
View article: Insights into large carnivore populations in Uganda: A participatory survey of lions, leopards, and hyenas using spatial capture-recapture
Insights into large carnivore populations in Uganda: A participatory survey of lions, leopards, and hyenas using spatial capture-recapture Open
Monitoring wildlife populations at scale is fraught with logistical and resource constraints. Despite this, estimating wildlife population state variables and vital rates remains crucial for science, and to assess conservation investment a…
View article: Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats
Socioeconomic benefits associated with bats Open
Background While bats are tremendously important to global ecosystems, they have been and continue to be threatened by loss of habitat, food, or roosts, pollution, bat diseases, hunting and killing. Some bat species have also been implicat…
View article: Abundance, Density and Distribution of three wetland bird species: Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) and Africana Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) of Ruzizi Delta, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Abundance, Density and Distribution of three wetland bird species: Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis), Black Crake (Amaurornis flavirostris) and Africana Jacana (Actophilornis africanus) of Ruzizi Delta, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
ABSTRACT The study investigated the abundance, density, and distribution of three wetland bird species in the Ruzizi Delta from April 2019 to November 2021. The study was conducted in five sites of the Rusizi Burundian Delta and five sites…
View article: Bird Species Groups to protect in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bird Species Groups to protect in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
ABSTRACT The groups of bird species to be protected in the Ruzizi Delta in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) were investigated from April 2019 until August 2021 in five sites of the Rusizi Burundian Delta (RBD) and five si…
View article: Checklist of the Bird Species from the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Checklist of the Bird Species from the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
Abstract The checklist of bird species from the Ruzizi Delta in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was investigated from April 2019 until August 2021 at five sites in the Rusizi Burundian Delta and five sites in the Ruzizi …
View article: Hippos Ecology, Conservation and Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Hippos Ecology, Conservation and Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
ABSTRACT The ecology, conservation and management of the hippos of the Ruzizi Delta were investigated during the years 2019-2021, particularly during the months of April, July and October 2019. The average hippos were 449 including 132 in …
View article: Crocodile ecology, conservation and Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Crocodile ecology, conservation and Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika, in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
ABSTRACT Crocodile’s ecology, conservation and management in the Ruzizi Delta were investigated during the period from April 2019 to April 2021 by interviews using a survey questionnaire, and by direct observation using binoculars during t…
View article: Bird Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bird Management in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
Abstract The investigation of the management of birds in the Ruzizi Delta was conducted as part of a global doctoral research on the ecology, conservation and management of birds in the Ruzizi Delta through direct observation, the real bib…
View article: Bird Ecology in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi and in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Bird Ecology in the Ruzizi Delta, Northern End of Lake Tanganyika in Burundi and in the Democratic Republic of Congo Open
Abstract Bird ecology in the Ruzizi Delta was investigated during the months of April, July and October 2019-2021. Three species of water birds were the most prominent, the Cattle Egret (Ardeidae), Bubulcus ibis (Linnaeus, 1758) «Héron gar…
View article: The Ruzizi Congolese Plain, an Important Area for the Conservation of Birds in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo
The Ruzizi Congolese Plain, an Important Area for the Conservation of Birds in South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo Open
ABSTRACT The Ruzizi Congolese Plain, an important space for the conservation of birds constitutes the introductory part to our doctoral thesis. It presents the state of the ecosystems of the Ruzizi plain and the Ruzizi Delta from the old o…
View article: Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of municipal solid waste compost in two agro-ecological zones of Uganda
Decomposition and nutrient release patterns of municipal solid waste compost in two agro-ecological zones of Uganda Open
Background Deteriorating soil fertility is a major constraint to agricultural production and food security among smallholder farmers in Uganda and throughout sub-Saharan Africa, where the majority of the population relies on subsistence fa…
View article: Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda
Ethnobotanical survey of plants locally used in the control of termite pests among rural communities in northern Uganda Open
Background Termites are the most destructive pests in many agricultural and forest plantations in Uganda. Current control of termites mostly relies on chemical pesticides. However, the adverse effects of chemical insecticides necessitate t…
View article: Status of Nahan’s Partridge Ptilopachus nahani (Dubois, 1905) (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae) in Uganda
Status of Nahan’s Partridge Ptilopachus nahani (Dubois, 1905) (Aves: Galliformes: Odontophoridae) in Uganda Open
We carried out a survey of Nahan’s Partridge Ptilopachus nahani in the Ugandan forests of Mabira, Bugoma, and Budongo from December 2016 to December 2017, using a point count method employing a call playback technique. The aim was to estab…