TABLE OF CONTENTSDECLARATIONAPPROVALACKNOWLEDGEMENTDEDICATIONTABLE OF CONTENTSABSTRACTLIST OF ABBREVIATIONSCHAPTERONEINTRODUCTION1.0 Introduction 11.lBackground of the study1.1.1 Historical Background 11.1.2 Theoretical Background 21.1.3 Conceptual Background 2.1.4 Contextual Background 31 .2 Problem Statement 4I.3Objectives of the study 41.3.lGeneral Objective 4I .3.2Specific objectives 4I .4Research questions s1.5 Scope of the study1.5.1 Subject scope s1.5.2 Geographical scope 51.5,3 Time s...
ABSTRACT Restoration of degraded natural areas to enhance genera conservation is widely gaining pace; however, effort geared at assessing response of animal community particularly in restored forests is still low. I used a CMR method to trap rodents and measured vegetation characteristics to examine the association of vegetation characteristics with rodent abundance, diversity and occupancy in a secondary forest 20 years after restoration. the results found first, five rodent genera were in ...
ABSTRACT An assessment of the distribution and feeding ecology of amphibian (anuran) species of Kimboza Forest Reserve, Tanzania was conducted between March 2017 and April 2017. Visual encounter survey and capture methods were used to study the distribution of anurans. Captured animals were degutted and their gut contents were used in the study of feeding ecology. A total of 13 species of amphibian belonging to 7 families of order anuran were found to exist in Kimboza forest. The highest occ...
ABSTRACT The tourism industry has become a fast growing economic sector in Tanzania with high foreign earnings. This is a result of the vast natural resources that Tanzania is endowed with. The tourists arriving in Tanzania have different attitudes and perceptions of the destination. Understanding these attitudes and perceptions is essential to the development of the tourism industry. This study therefore, research on the attitude and perception of tourists on wildlife tourism as well as thei...