October 2011
Evaluation of Carpolobia species (Hausa sticks) trade in the forest zones of South West Cameroon and Cross River State of Nigeria
Carpolobia trade evaluation was carried out between 2003 and June 2010 in the Ejagham Forest Reserve of South West Cameroon and the Cross River State of Nigeria, with the objective of examining the harvesting, marketing and the economic contributions of Carpolobia trade to the National and International economies of Nigeria and Cameroon.Carpolobia as a Non Timber Forest Product (NTFP) is the stem of an ever...
October 2011
Assessment of spatial distribution of pod borer, Cydia ptychora (Meyrick) on pigeonpea
Spatial distribution of Cydia ptychora infested flower and pods of pigeonpea was studied in the experimental field of Department of Life Sciences, Manipur University. Various indices of dispersion, such as variance, variance to mean ratio, Lloyd’s index of patchiness, mean crowding, Iwao’s regression and Taylor’s power law were evaluated to study the distribution pattern. Distribution pattern...
October 2011
The driving forces of Boye wetland degradation and its bird species composition, Jimma, Southwestern Ethiopia
The aim of this study was to assess the causes of Boye wetland degradation and to identify the bird species composition of the wetland. To achieve the stated objective, group discussion with the local communities was carried out on the causes of wetland degradation and prioritizations were done. In addition, soil samples were collected from wetland and converted lands (agriculture, grazing...
