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A novel synthetic odorant blend for trapping of malaria and other African mosquito species
(2012)
Estimating the biting fraction of mosquitoes is of critical importance for risk assessment of malaria transmission. Here, we present a novel odor-based tool that has been rigorously assessed in semi-field assays and ...
Evaluation of potency of native Bacillus thuringiensis against maize insect pests and aflatoxin producing fungi in Kenya
(2012)
Bacillus thuringiensis is the most used biological control agent to date. Among major constraints to maize production, safety and
hence food sufficiency in Kenya is infestation, damage and contamination ...
Effects Of Plant Structure On Butterfly Diversity In Mt. Marsabit Forest, Northern Kenya
(2010)
Butterflies, like most forest dependent animals are good ecological indicators of the health of the forests they dwell. For example, butterfly species richness decreases after a forest disturbance and fragmentation but a ...
Ethnoknowledge of Bukusu community on livestock tick prevention and control in Bungoma district, western Kenya
(2012)
To date, nomadic communities in Africa have been the primary focus of ethnoveterinary research. The Bukusu of western Kenya have an interesting history, with nomadic lifestyle in the past before settling down to either ...
The Negative Binomial Parameter K As A Measure Of Dispersion
(University of Nairobi, 2010)
The role of the negative binomial parameter k and index of patchiness as measures of dispersion in relation to random removal of individuals are discussed. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate analytically that the ...