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Busowe Nature Reserve and Kabunja Private Forest and their users
(UFRIC, 2003-08)
Bamboo regeneration and succession in Echuya
(NARO, 2003-05-28)
Echuya was gazetted in 1939 as 'a Forest Reserve. At that time, the forest vegetation consisted of dense evergreen stands of Arundinaria alpina (bamboo) (Howard 1991). .Kingston (1968) report that in 1947the bamboo stems ...
Phenology of figs in Budongo Forest Uganda and its importance for the chimpanzee diet
(Wiley-Blackwell, 2003)
This paper reports on the phonological patterns of figs in Budongo Forest, Uganda, and how it relates to chimpanzee food availability in different seasons. In addition, we analysed the dung of chimpanzees to understand the ...
Bamboo regeneration and succession in Echuya
(2003-05-28)
Echuya was gazetted in 1939 as 'a Forest Reserve. At that time, the forest vegetation consisted of dense evergreen stands of Arundinaria alpina (bamboo) (Howard 1991). Kingston (1968) report that in 1947the bamboo stems ...
Abundance, population structure, distribution and socio-economic value of medicinal plant resources to the Tepeth community, Moroto district, Uganda
(Makerere University., 2003-07)
The study aimed at determining the distribution, abundance, population structure and the socio-economic value of medicinal plant resources to the rural Tepeth community living in and adjacent to Mt. Moroto forest reserve. ...
Distribution, diversity and abundance of macroinvertebrates in Kinawataka wetland
(Makerere University., 2003-02-25)
Macroinvertebrate surveys of various habitats namely water pools, litter, and macrophytes particularly papyrus at four sampling sites yielded five classes macroinvertebrates namely oligochaete, Bivalve, hirudinea, Gastropoda ...
A molecular genetic study of Bulinus species in Lake Albert (Butiaba Parish)
(Makerere University., 2003-12)
In the interest of biodiversity as well as medicine, the precise knowledge of the identity of Bulinus snails in Lake Albert is needed since the snails are potential vectors of schistosomes that cause urinary schistosomiasis ...
A study of microbial contaminants in vended food in selected areas in Kampala
(Makerere University., 2003-12)
A study of the microbial contaminants in cooked vended food was carried out from four locations that were selected within Kampala city (City Centre, Kawempe, Nakawa and Wandegeya). Food samples were microbiologically ...
The use of indigenous knowledge in the conservation of biological diversity in Sango Bay, Rakai District, Uganda
(Makerere University., 2003-10)
The main findings of this study confirm that indigenous knowledge is being used to conserve biological diversity. Although some elites shunned it, over 80% of those interviewed were passing it on their off spring. More ...