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Anthropogenic risk increases night‐time activities and associations in African elephants (Loxodonta africana) in the Ruaha‐Rungwa ecosystem, Tanzania African Journal of Ecology, 2023

Using Dung Bolus Diameter For Age Estimation

Pachyderm, 2010

Elephants in a landscape of risk: spatial, temporal, and behavioural responses to anthropogenic risk in African savannah elephants PhD thesis, 2023

Savanna Elephants In Montane Forest

TAWIRI Conference Proceedings, 2009

Age structure as an indicator of poaching pressure: Insights from rapid assessments of elephant populations across space and time

Ecological Indicators, 2018

Investigation of the effect of poaching on African elephant (Loxodonta africana) group size and composition in Ruaha National Park, Tanzania

Scientific African, 2020

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Spatial analysis of aerial survey data reveals correlates of elephant carcasses within a heavily poached ecosystem Biological Conservation, 2018

Tanzania Elephant Management Plan 2010–2015 Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism, Tanzania, 2010

Elephants, Ivory and Trade Science, 2010

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Efficacy of beehive fences as barriers to African elephants: a case study in Tanzania Oryx, 2018

Tathmini ya Mahusiano Baina ya Watu na Tembo karibu na Uwanda wa Magharibi wa Mapori ya Akiba ya Rungwa-Kizigo-Muhesi 2016

Using camera traps to study the age–sex structure and behaviour of crop-using elephants... Oryx, 2017

Ruaha HEC Assessment STEP WC Full Report 2016

A Rapid Survey of Human-Elephant Interactions along the Western Boundary of Rungwa-Kizigo-Muhesi Game Reserves 2016

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Cost–benefit analysis as a decision tool for effective conservation planning—The case of the Nyerere Selous‐Udzungwa wildlife corridor in Tanzania. Conservation Science and Practice, 2024

Wildlife Corridors In The Udzungwa Mountains

Ecological Restoration, 2012

A systems approach framework for evaluating tree restoration interventions for social and ecological outcomes in rural tropical landscapes

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023

Vanishing Wildlife Corridors And Options For Restoration

Tropical Conservation Science, 2012

Ten Lessons For The Conservation Of African Savannah Ecosystems

Biological Conservation, 2013

Realities Of Documenting Wildlife Corridors In Tropical Countries.

Biological Conservation, 2009

Publications

Spotted hyaena population density across habitat and land use types in southern Tanzania Journal of Zoology, 2024

Temporal partitioning and spatiotemporal avoidance among large carnivores in a human-impacted African landscape PloS one, 2021

Camera trapping and spatially explicit capture–recapture for the monitoring and conservation management of lions: Insights from a globally important population in Tanzania Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2022

Density responses of lesser-studied carnivores to habitat and management strategies in southern Tanzania’s Ruaha-Rungwa landscape

PloS one, 2021

Leopard population density varies across habitats and management strategies in a mixed-use Tanzanian landscape Biological Conservation, 2021

Insights into the status and distribution of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in an understudied potential stronghold in southern Tanzania

African Journal of Ecology, 2021

Quantifying the severity of giraffe skin disease via photogrammetry analysis of camera trap data Journal of wildlife diseases, 2019

Publications

Detecting and predicting forest degradation: A comparison of ground surveys and remote sensing in Tanzanian forests Plants, People, Planet, 2021

New populations of an Endangered Tanzanian antelope confirmed using DNA and camera traps Oryx, 2012

Effect of protection status on mammal richness and abundance in Afromontane forests of the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

Biological Conservation, 2019

The primates of the Udzungwa Mountains: diversity, ecology and conservation Journal of Anthropological Sciences, 2009

Globally threatened biodiversity of the Eastern Arc Mountains and coastal forests of Kenya and Tanzania Journal of East African Natural History, 2016

Insights into the status and distribution of cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) in an understudied potentiaA new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Kinyongia) from the Magombera forest and the Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania African Journal of Herpetology, 2009l

Predictors Of Mammal Distribution And Abundance In Udzungwa Forests PhD thesis, 2013

The Critically Endangered kipunji Rungwecebus kipunji of southern Tanzania: first census and assessments of distribution and conservation status Oryx, 2008

A new species of giant sengi or elephant-shrew (genus Rhynchocyon) highlights the exceptional biodiversity of the Udzungwa Mountains of Tanzania. Journal of Zoology, 2008

Cassin's Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus africanus in Ndundulu Forest: a First Record for Tanzania, with Biogeographical Implications

Journal of East African Natural History, 2007

The Highland Mangabey Lophocebus kipunji: A New Species of African Monkey. Science, 2005

Notes on Abbott's duiker (Cephalophus spadix True 1890) and other forest antelopes of Mwanihana Forest, Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania

Tropical Zoology, 2005

The biogeography of introgression in the critically endangered African monkey Rungwecebus kipunji

Biology Letters, 2010

Distribution and genetic diversity of the Endangered Abbott’s duiker Cephalophus spadix in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania Endangered Species Research, 2014

Protective Status, Ecology and Strategies for Improving Conservation of Cercocebus sanjei in the Udzungwa Mountains, Tanzania International Journal of Primatology, 2005

Tanzania’s second Nature Reserve: improving the conservation status of the Udzungwa Mountains?

Oryx, 2007

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