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Variation in ground dwelling insect assemblages on five habitats at Sebele content farm in Gaborone, Botswana.
(Indian Journals, 2012-09-15)
A study was conducted at Sebele content Farm in Gaborone, botswana to investigate the effects of different agricultural land uses on species richness, diversity and abundance of ground dwelling insects. The agricultural ...
Diversity patterns of woody vegetation of Kgatleng District, Botswana.
(Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology of Plants., 2018)
Vegetation assessments have intensified around the globe to document plant diversity in the wake of climatic shifts and local environmental changes. Botswana also recognises the value of documenting plant diversity, and ...
Attitudes of local communities towards forest conservation in Botswana: a case study of Chobe Forest Reserve.
(Commonwealth Forestry Association, 2016-06)
Understanding conservation attitudes of local communities is essential to the long-term sustainable management of natural resources such as forests. This paper, guided by the Social exchange theory, examined attitudes of ...
HIV/AIDS, artisanal fishing and food security in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
(Elservier, 2017)
Generally, rural households pursue all year round natural and non-natural resource-based livelihood systems to diversify these options in order to cope with risks emanating from a range of shocks and stressors. Artisanal ...
Effects of Moringa oleifera root and leaf powder on reproductive capacity and damage caused on stored cowpea seed by Callosobruchus maculatus (F).
(The Association of Agricultural Technology in Southeast Asia, 2012)
A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the effect of Moringa (Moringa oleifera) root and leaf powder on reproduction and damage to cowpea seed by Callosobruchus maculatus F at Botswana College of Agriculture in ...
Land use, rangeland degradation and ecological changes in the southern Kalahari, Botswana
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-02-09)
Dual-scale analyses assessing farm-scale patterns of ecological change and landscape-scale patterns of change in vegetation cover and animal distribution are presented from ecological transect studies away from waterpoints, ...
Effects of different silage preservatives on silage quality of pennesitum purpureum harvested at different harvesting periods.
(Scienceline Publishers, 2011)
The study was conducted to determine the effects of preservatives on the chemical composition of elephant grass (P. purpureum Bana cv.) harvested from N-fertilized and unfertilized treatments at different periods (3, 6 and ...
The tropical African mercury anomaly: Lower than expected mercury concentrations in fish and human hair.
(Elsevier, 2011-02-20)
Mercury is a neurotoxin and global pollutant, and wetlands and newly flooded areas are known to be sites of enhanced production of monomethylmercury, the form of mercury that is readily biomagnified in aquatic food chains ...
Socio-economic factors influencing household forest dependency in Chobe enclave, Botswana.
(Springer Open, 2017)
Introduction: Human dependence on forests is a multifaceted phenomenon. The degree of reliance on forests varies geographically, overtime and across communities. These dynamics underpin the importance of understanding the ...
“Where there is water there is fish” – Small-scale inland fisheries in Africa: dynamics and importance
(2015)
The importance of fish, and in particular small fish, for sustainable and healthy livelihoods in Africa, as well as their strong relationship with climate driven water dynamics are generally undervalued and little understood ...