The central question of this study was ‘Do fire-resistant savanna trees such as Acacia sieberiana and Erythrina abyssinica and frugivorous vertebrates influence forest regeneration in the fire-prone grasslands of Kibale ...

The thesis investigated the effect of fire on the regeneration of Acacia species in Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda. The mechanism that cause the effects and the manner in which the effects are influenced by fire are ...

This study was conducted with the main aim of evaluating the factors that may influence butterfly species richness and distribution (i.e. forest size, altitude, forest disturbance, average rainfall, temperature and distance ...

This study assessed the hydropower potential in the Albertine Rift Region and suggested electricity as an alternative to reduce the pressure on biomass. Hydrological and topographical conditions of the region were analyzed ...

Water hyacinth Eichhornia crassipes (Martius) Solms-Laubach, is considered to be the worst aquatic weed worldwide. Biological control using Neochetina weevils was initiated in Tanzania in1995; however this control mechanism ...

Commicarpus plumbagineus Standl. (Nyctaginaceae) is a traditional medicinal plant used to treat a variety of diseases including urinary tract infections, prevention of miscarriages, purification and improvement of blood ...

In November of 2000, Uganda changed its anti-malarial policy to replace chloroquine (CQ) with a combination of CQ and sulphadoxine–pyrimethamine (SP) as the first line agents. The idea of the combination was to delay the ...