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Diets,seasonal abundance and microhabitats of small mammals in a dry sub-humid grassland in Kenya
(2005)
The last decades have seen a biodiversity in many tropical rainforests decline leading to a
species-extinction crisis. Loss of biodiversity might, for example, alter the composition of
frugivore assemblages in fruiting ...
Taxonomic, ecological and biodegradation studies of the basidiomycetous wood inhabiting fungi of Karura forest –Kenya
(1997)
Wood inhabiting basidiomycetous fungi are able to metabolise lignin, cellullose and
hemicellullose components of the plant cell wall causing either a white rot when both
lignin and cellullose are metabolized or a brown ...
Aspects of the reproductive biology and fishery of the blue marbled parrot fish leptoscarus vaigiensis (quoy and gaimardi, 1824) in Kenya shallow inshore waters
(1997)
The reproductive biology, growth parameters, mortalities and exploitation rate of
Leptoscarus vaigiensis were investigated in a shallow inshore lagoon in the south coast of
Kenya. The overall male to female sex ratio was ...
Initial return and long run performance of initial public offerings in the Nairobi Stock Exchange
(2009-08)
Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) marks an important turning point in the life of a company. To
the company as an entity, it provides access to public equity capital and so may lower the
cost of funding the company's ...
The coordinate graphics unit
(1981)
The purpose of this coordinate graphics
project is to test and evaluate an unconventional
hardware design for plotting and displaying
scientific and mathematical functions. This
design project is interfaced with a ...
Some aspects of atmospheric static stability parameter of the atmosphere over Africa during the different major seasons
(University of Nairobi, 1981)
Climatological estimates for the values of static stability parameter are presented for the different pressure layers in the African atmosphere during the months of January, April, July and October. These values show very ...
Mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) and associated entomofauna breeding in tree holes and artificial containers in three adjacent forests in Western Kenya
(1996)
Tree hole breeding mosquitoes and other associating arthropods were collected
from three adjacent forests in western Kenya to determine distribution and habitat
preferences. Immature stages were collected from natural ...
A history of the Kipsigis of western Kenya 1700 -1940
(1975)
This study is the result of research conducted during
the years 1973 and 1974. It is based on both written sources
and oral traditions collected during that period.
The work is divided into eleven chapters. The first ...
Effects of cold acclimation in a tropical fish, Oreochromis niloticus (Trewavas )
(1992)
The effects of temperature acclimation in a tropical fish,
Oreochromis niloticus have been investigated. Fish of the genus O.
niloticus were accli 111(1 ted to either (mean +/-S.D) 26.5 ± 0.3 OC or 20.5 ± 0.5
oC for ...
Studies on mycoflora of stored maize and maize products: their enumeration and significance
(1992)
Mycoflora of stored maize and maize products was investigated
during November 1990 - July 1991. A total of 214 samples of maize
kernels and flour were randomly collected from the kiosks and shops
within Nairobi for ...