Browsing Faculty of Agriculture & Veterinary Medicine (FAg / FVM) by Author "E.M, Muya"

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    • Comparative description of land use and characteristics of belowground biodiversity benchmark sites in Kenya 

      E.M, Muya; N, Karanja; P.F. Z, Okoth; H, Roimen; J, Munga’tu (Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, National Agricultural Research LaboratoriesTropical Soil Biology and Fertility (TSBF), Institute of CIAT, P.O. Box 30677-00100, Nairobi, KenyaDepartment of Land Resource Management & Agricultural Technology, University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2009)
      The Kenyan below-ground biodiversity (BGBD) team selected two benchmark sites for the inventory of soil biota which were the Irangi and Ngangao forest sites located in Mount Kenya region of Embu District and the Taita Hills ...

    • Macrofauna diversity and abundance across different land use systems in Embu, Kenya 

      F.O, Ayuke; N.K, Karanja; E.M, Muya; B.K, Musombi; J, Mungatu; G.H.N, Nyamasyo (Department Of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Quality, Wageningen UniversityKenya Agricultural Research Institute-NARL, (KARI),Department of Zoology, Invertebrate section, National Museums of Kenya,Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and TechnologyDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi, 2009)
      This paper presents data on diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna of various land use systems in Embu, Kenya (natural forest, plantation forest, fallow, coffee, tea, napier, and maize). Each was sampled for macrofauna ...

    • Soil macrofauna community structure across land use systems of Taita, Kenya 

      N. K, Karanja; F.O, Ayuke; E.M, Muya; B.K, Musombi (Department Of Land Resource Management and Agricultural Technology, University of NairobiDepartment of Soil Quality, Wageningen University Wageningen, Wageningen, The NetherlandsDepartment of Zoology, Invertebrate section, National Museums of KenyaDepartment of Zoology, University of Nairobi, 2009)
      This paper presents data on diversity and abundance of soil macrofauna in various land use systems in Taita (natural forest, plantation forest, fallow, coffee, napier, and maize, Horticulture. Each was sampled for macrofauna ...