May 2012

Effectiveness of the Integrated Conservation and Development Program (ICDP) in conserving wildlife in the Annapurna Conservation Area in Nepal

  Nepal has established 22 protected areas (PAs) with the primary aim of conserving wildlife biodiversity. The protected area system of Nepal has gone through various stages of trial and learning. Various problems relating to management of protected areas have emerged during such trials and processes. In the course of this process, the Integrated Conservation and Development Program (ICDP) approach in protected...

Author(s): Ashok P. Ojha and Tapan K. Sarker

May 2012

The contraction of wildlife dispersal areas by human structures and activities in Mbirikani Group Ranch in the Amboseli Ecosystem, Kenya

  The Amboseli ecosystem in Kenya has some of the largest concentrations of free-ranging large mammals in the country. National parks depend on the surrounding group ranches for wildlife dispersal.  Mbirikani group ranch [MGR] is a key dispersal area for the Amboseli ecosystem, but it is not known exactly what area remains for wildlife dispersal or where that is. Data was collected using global positioning...

Author(s): Moses Makonjio Okello

May 2012

The synergetic effects of inbreeding and temperature variability on biotic potential of Walia Ibex (Capra walie)

  The study was conducted to assess synergetic effect of inbreeding and temperature variability on biotic potential of Walia ibex (Capra walie) at Simien Mountains National Park (SMNP), in Ethiopia. Census data and different models were used to quantify these effects. The results revealed that the mean biotic potential of Walia ibex (C. walie) per year was too low (0.033 ± 0.04) and, was...

Author(s):   Kefyalew Alemayehu, Aynalem Haile, Solomon Gizaw, Tadelle Dessie and Yoseph Mekasha

May 2012

Analysis of physiological polymorphism of Chinese Tobacco strains of Ralstonia solanacearum

  A collection of 41 Ralstonia solanacearum (RS) strains isolated from bacterial wilted tobacco collected in 10 Chinese provinces was investigated based on their biovar, heterogeneity within an axenic laboratory culture, and growth to determine the current distribution pattern of tobacco RSstrains in China as well as to provide theoretic guidance to disease control. Of the 41 isolates, 18...

Author(s): Zhenzhen Liu, Xiawei YU, Lili Wang, Benguo Zhou, Xuejun Ji, Yanlin Li and Yixin Liu