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Biomass Dynamics Of Grassland Vegetation In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1988-06)
Seasonal changes in plant biomass in the herb layer were measured at Nairobi National Park and Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya from January 1980 to February 1981. Plant biomass fluctuated in response to seasonal rainfall, ...
The Food Of The Nile Perch, Lates Niloticus (l.), After The Disappearance Of The Haplochromine Cichlids In The Nyanza Gulf Of Lake Victoria (kenya)
(University of Nairobi, 1988-04)
After the disappearance of the haplochromine species in the Nyanza Gulf of Lake Victoria as a result of predation by Lates niloticus, the latter has turned its attention to aquatic invertebrates and other fish. Changes in ...
The effect of temperature on the rate of transmission of Theileria parva parva infection to cattle by its tick vector, Rhipicephalus appendiculatus
(1988)
A steer was infected with Theileria parva parva Kilae stabilate; nymphal Rhipicephalus appendiculatus ticks were applied to its ears so that they completed repletion when the steer had a high piroplasm parasitaemia. The ...
Effect of avermectin and dicofol on the immatures of the predacious miteAmblyseius gossipi with a special reference to the secondary poisoning effect on the adult female [Acari: Phytoseiidae]
(1988)
Avermectin at 1 ppm was slightly toxic by contact to the different immature stages of the predacious miteAmblyseius gossipi El-Badry. When immatures ofA. gossipi ingested treated prey on clean leaf discs, the toxicity ...
Surface preparation of glassy carbon electrodes
(1988)
Recent work on glassy carbon electrodes for various applications is reviewed. Activation of glassy carbon electrodes by different types of polishing, heat treatment, and electrochemical methods yields enhanced rates of ...
Differences in daily life between semiprovisioned and wild-feeding baboons.
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
Activity budgets and social aspects of feeding, among the adult females in
a group of semiprovisioned baboons that fed from a garbage dump were
compared with those of adjacent wild-feeding groups in Amboseli National
Park, ...
Low enthalpy geothermal systems in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1988)
The location of Kenya's geothermal fields is shown. The chemistry of the low enthalpy fields is given and reservoir temperatures estimated from these data. The most promising of these fields are the Mwananyamala, Homa ...