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Lovett, Jon. "Mkomazi." Trends in Ecology & Evolution 15, no. 5 (May 2000): 215. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0169-5347(00)01831-0.

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Brockington, Dan, and Katherine Homewood. "Degradation Debates and Data Deficiencies: The Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." Africa 71, no. 3 (August 2001): 449–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/afr.2001.71.3.449.

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AbstractThe Mkomazi Game Reserve is contested by people who wish to use its resources and by conservationists who have argued that the reserve should be set aside for wildlife. Underpinning the conservationist case is the argument that people are harmful to the reserve's environment. Former residents of the reserve, notably pastoralists, argue that human use of the reserve did not cause its degradation. The debate is characterised by a lack of data extraordinary in view of the assertions made. An earlier paper set out the contrasting views and defined the data that would be needed to test them. This paper assesses what data there are, and whether it is possible to evaluate the extent to which people caused environmental change at Mkomazi. Using physical data and comments about the environment made by observers it is argued that no firm conclusions can be drawn about small-scale change but that there are indications of large-scale resilience. As a result of this uncertainty the article goes on to consider the extent to which there can ever be clarity about environmental change at Mkomazi as a philosophical contention or as a researchable issue.
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Russell-Smith, Anthony, and Rudy Jocqué. "New Zodariidae (Araneae) from Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." African Invertebrates 56, no. 2 (August 2015): 455–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.5733/afin.056.0215.

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Homewood, Katherine, and Daniel Brockington. "Biodiversity, conservation and development in Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." Global Ecology and Biogeography 8, no. 3-4 (May 1999): 301–13. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2699.1999.00144.x.

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Lock, Mike, Malcolm Coe, Nicholas McWilliam, Graham Stone, and Michael Packer. "Mkomazi. The Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savanna." Kew Bulletin 55, no. 3 (2000): 755. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/4118793.

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Aplin, David. "Mkomazi: The Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savannah." Biological Conservation 101, no. 2 (October 2001): 259–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3207(01)00058-1.

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Wesolowska, W., and A. Russell-Smith. "Jumping spiders from Mkomazi Game Reserve in Tanzania (Araneae Salticidae)." Tropical Zoology 13, no. 1 (May 2000): 11–127. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03946975.2000.10531126.

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Igoe, Jim, and Dan Brockington. "Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." International Journal of African Historical Studies 35, no. 2/3 (2002): 594. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3097688.

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Spinage, C. A. "Mkomazi: The ecology, biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savannah." African Journal of Ecology 39, no. 2 (June 2001): 229–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2028.2000.00270.x.

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Spinage, C. A. "Fortress Conservation. The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 40, no. 4 (November 5, 2002): 415–16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2028.2002.t01-4-00393.x.

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Mmbando, Godfrey, and Michael Kleyer. "Mapping Precipitation, Temperature, and Evapotranspiration in the Mkomazi River Basin, Tanzania." Climate 6, no. 3 (July 17, 2018): 63. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/cli6030063.

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It is still a challenge to provide spatially explicit predictions of climate parameters in African regions of complex relief, where meteorological information is scarce. Here we predict rainfall, temperature, and reference evapotranspiration (ETo) for the southern Mkomazi River Basin in Northeastern Tanzania, East Africa, by means of regression-based, digital elevation models (DEM) at 90 m spatial-resolution and geographic information systems (GIS) techniques. We mapped rainfall for the period 1964–2010. The models accounted for orographic factors which strongly influenced the spatial variability of rainfall in the region. According to orography, the area was divided into three zones for modelling rainfall: windward, leeward, and transition zone. Rainfall indicates high spatial and temporal variability dominated by equatorial East-African climate circulation systems. Maximum and minimum temperatures were modelled for the period 1989–1994, the models accounted only for the altitude gradient. Mean temperature was calculated by arithmetic mean of maximum and minimum temperatures maps in ArcGIS. ETo was estimated in ArcGIS following the method described by Hargreaves and Samani. The maps were made on a monthly basis for rainfall, ETo, and mean, maximum, and minimum temperatures. The obtained maps are useful for the purpose of agriculture, ecological, and water resources management.
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Conte, Christopher. "Book Review: Fortress Conservation: The Preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." Journal of Asian and African Studies 40, no. 3 (June 2005): 235–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/002190960504000306.

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Kruger, Oliver, and George C. McGavin. "Insect diversity of Acacia canopies in Mkomazi game reserve, north-east Tanzania." Ecography 21, no. 3 (June 1998): 261–68. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0587.1998.tb00563.x.

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KRUGER, OLIVER, and GEORGE MCGAVIN. "The insect fauna of Acacia species in Mkomazi Game Reserve, north-east Tanzania." Ecological Entomology 22, no. 4 (November 1997): 440–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2311.1997.00097.x.

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Chelin, M., G. Whitmore, and P. Lindsay. "Geochemistry of mud-sized sediment from the Mkomazi River, KwaZulu-Natal: assessing anthropogenic pollution." South African Journal of Geology 107, no. 4 (December 1, 2004): 489–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gssajg.107.4.489.

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Summay, Glory W., Kevin E. Lyakurwa, John V. Lyakurwa, Chacha Werema, Tito J. Lanoy, and Raymond E. Okick. "The Reptiles of Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania an Updated Checklist with Some Aspects of Biogeography." Journal of East African Natural History 108, no. 2 (April 15, 2020): 81. http://dx.doi.org/10.2982/028.108.0203.

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Taiwo Amoo, Oseni, and Bloodless Dzwairo. "Trend analysis and artificial neural networks forecasting for rainfall prediction." Environmental Economics 7, no. 4 (December 21, 2016): 149–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.21511/ee.07(4-1).2016.07.

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The growing severe damage and sustained nature of the recent drought in some parts of the globe have resulted in the need to conduct studies relating to rainfall forecasting and effective integrated water resources management. This research examines and analyzes the use and ability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in forecasting future trends of rainfall indices for Mkomazi Basin, South Africa. The approach used the theory of back propagation neural networks, after which a model was developed to predict the future rainfall occurrence using an environmental fed variable for closing up. Once this was accomplished, the ANNs’ accuracy was compared against a traditional forecasting method called multiple linear regression. The probability of an accurate forecast was calculated using conditional probabilities for the two models. Given the accuracy of the forecast, the benefits of the ANNs as a vital tool for decision makers in mitigating drought related concerns was enunciated. Keywords: artificial neural networks, drought, rainfall case forecast, multiple linear regression. JEL Classification: C53, C45
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Taylor, V., R. Schulze, and G. Jewitt. "Application of the Indicators of Hydrological Alteration method to the Mkomazi River, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa." African Journal of Aquatic Science 28, no. 1 (January 2003): 1–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.2989/16085914.2003.9626593.

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Watson, R. M., I. S. C. Parker, and T. Allan. "A CENSUS OF ELEPHANT AND OTHER LARGE MAMMALS IN THE MKOMAZI REGION OF NORTHERN TANZANIA AND SOUTHERN KENYA." African Journal of Ecology 7, no. 1 (September 3, 2010): 11–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2028.1969.tb01189.x.

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Brockington, Daniel. "Conservation, Displacement and Livelihoods. The Consequences of the Eviction for Pastoralists Moved from the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania." Nomadic Peoples 3, no. 2 (December 1, 1999): 74–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.3167/082279499782409370.

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GARCIA, FRANCISCO HITA, GEORG FISCHER, and MARCELL K. PETERS. "Taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) in the Afrotropical zoogeographical region." Zootaxa 2704, no. 1 (January 22, 2019): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2704.1.1.

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The taxonomy of the Tetramorium weitzeckeri species group is revised for the Afrotropical zoogeographic region. The revision is based on morphology and morphometrics of the worker caste. Twenty six species are recognised of which twelve are described as new: Tetramorium bendai sp. n., Tetramorium boltoni sp. n., Tetramorium intermedium sp. n., Tetramorium kakamega sp. n., Tetramorium mkomazi sp. n., Tetramorium philippwagneri sp. n., Tetramorium renae. n., Tetramorium robertsoni sp. n., Tetramorium rubrum sp. n., Tetramorium susannae sp. n., Tetramorium tanaense sp. n., and Tetramorium trirugosum sp. n.. Tetramorium akengense (Wheeler, W.M. 1922) is revived from synonymy and Tetramorium tersum Santschi, Tetramorium (Xiphomyrmex) kivuense Stitz, and Xiphmyrmex kivuense st. atrinodis Santschi are proposed as junior synonyms of Tetramorium edouardi Forel. All other earlier synonymisations are confirmed here. The species group is redefined and subdivided into three species complexes which are defined and discussed: the Tetramorium edouardi complex (9 species), the Tetramorium muralti complex (8 species), and the Tetramorium weitzeckeri complex (9 species). An illustrated identification key to the Afrotropical species is presented, and for each species diagnosis, description, and taxonomic discussion are provided. Biogeography and important morphological characters of diagnostic value are discussed.
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Grothmann, Torsten, Maximilian Petzold, Patrick Ndaki, Vincent Kakembo, Bernd Siebenhüner, Michael Kleyer, Pius Yanda, and Naledzani Ndou. "Vulnerability Assessment in African Villages under Conditions of Land Use and Climate Change: Case Studies from Mkomazi and Keiskamma." Sustainability 9, no. 6 (June 7, 2017): 976. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su9060976.

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KRÜGER, OLIVER, and GEORGE McGAVIN. "The influence of ants on the guild structure of Acacia insect communities in Mkomazi Game Reserve, north‐east Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 36, no. 3 (September 1998): 213–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2028.1998.00130.x.

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Nyakunga, Oliver Castor, Silvia Del Vecchio, and Gabriella Buffa. "Effects of management regimes on structure, composition and diversity of seasonally inundated herbaceous communities in the Mkomazi National Park, Tanzania." African Journal of Ecology 56, no. 4 (May 16, 2018): 949–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/aje.12524.

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DUFFY, ROSALEEN. "Fortress Conservation: the preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania by DAN BROCKINGTON Oxford: James Currey, 2002. Pp. 192. £11.95 (pbk.)." Journal of Modern African Studies 41, no. 3 (August 26, 2003): 493–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022278x03264363.

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Russell-Smith, A. "A COMPARISON OF THE DIVERSITY AND COMPOSITION OF GROUND-ACTIVE SPIDERS IN MKOMAZI GAME RESERVE, TANZANIA AND ETOSHA NATIONAL PARK, NAMIBIA." Journal of Arachnology 30, no. 2 (August 2002): 383–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1636/0161-8202(2002)030[0383:acotda]2.0.co;2.

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Amoo, O. T., M. D. V. Nakin, A. Abayomi, H. O. Ojugbele, and A. W. Salami. "SYSTEM DYNAMICS APPROACH FOR EVALUATING EXISTING AND FUTURE WATER ALLOCATION PLANNING AMONG CONFLICTING USERS." ISPRS - International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences XLIV-4/W3-2020 (November 23, 2020): 45–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/isprs-archives-xliv-4-w3-2020-45-2020.

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Abstract. Water shortages are a chronic and severe problem in South Africa. Allocation of this limited water resources, environmental quality, and policies for sustainable water use are issues of increasing concern that require accurate and timely information to evolve strategies for dynamic natural resources management. Specifically, this paper is aimed to assist the planning, restoring and to rationally allocate the water resources in any river basin in resolving the current water stresses in many parts of South Africa, by using integrated knowledge from simulation and integrated river basin management approach. The developed system dynamic (SD) allocation system was used to investigates the extent to which the framework is ‘sustainable’ in the medium and long terms in evaluating existing and future water allocation among conflicting users at Mkomazi River Basin (MRB), KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa The invented SD framework confirms agricultural water use as the highest demand when compared with other users. The optimal sustainability performance index (0.25) of the system at 70% dependable flow shows an integrated scenario that combines rainfall variation with improved irrigation water use efficiency as a suitable framework plan. The study uses integrated knowledge from simulation and integrated river basin management approach as a feasible method to assist the planning, restoring and to rationally allocate the water resources in any river basin with similar attributes to the study area in resolving the current water stresses in many parts of the country. Water resources managers would find these tools beneficial in understanding the complex nature of water resources allocation and in determining priorities area which required prompt attention and intervention.
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Kashimbiri, Nimzihirwa, Yun-Feng Chen, and Jing-Xuan Zhou. "Assessment of Effects of Human Development on the Environment by Using System Dynamic Modeling Technique (SD): A Case Study of the Mkomazi Watershed (Pangani Basin) in Northeastern Tanzania." Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal 11, no. 2 (April 2005): 451–67. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10807030590925641.

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Woodroffe, Rosie. "COE, M, MCWILLIAM, N., STONE, G. & PACKER, M. (Eds) 1999. Mkomazi: the ecology, biodiversity and conservation of a Tanzanian savannah. Royal Geographical Society, London. 608pp. ISBN 0-907649-75-0." Animal Conservation 3, no. 2 (May 2000): 184. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1367943000300889.

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Hughes, L. "Fortress Conservation: The preservation of the Mkomazi Game Reserve, Tanzania, by Dan Brockington. Oxford: James Currey, 2002. xiv + 196 pp. 40.00 hardback; 11.95 paperback. ISBN 0-85255-418-4 (hardback); 0-85255-417-6 (paperback)." African Affairs 102, no. 407 (April 1, 2003): 363–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/afraf/102.407.363.

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BICHANG’A, JOSHUA SESE, ESTHER N. KIOKO, HONGGUANG LIU, SHUQIANG LI, and ZHONGE HOU. "Two species of Talitridae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) from Kenya." Zootaxa 4927, no. 3 (February 15, 2021): 331–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4927.3.2.

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Two species of the family Talitridae Rafinesque, 1815 are described from English Point Beach, Mkomani, Mombasa, Kenya. One new species Floresorchestia mkomani Bichang’a & Hou, sp. nov. is reported and Gazia gazi Lowry & Springthorpe, 2019 is redescribed. The new species is characterized by the five dentate lacinia mobilis on the left mandible in male and only four in female, pereopod IV dactylus thickened proximally and having a small protrusion towards the mid of its posterior margin, a sexually dimorphic pereopod VII, and the presence of vertical slits just above the ventral margin of epimera II and III. Detailed morphological characteristics, as well as comparisons with closely related species are provided. To ascertain the species delimitation, molecular evidence is availed in this paper. Type material is deposited in National Museums of Kenya (NMK).
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Hopkins, John J. "Mkomazi: the Ecology, Biodiversity and Observation of a Tanzanian Savanna EDITED BY MALCOLM COE, NICHOLAS MCWILLIAM, GRAHAM STONE AND MICHAEL PARKER 608 pp., 23.5 × 15.5 × 3.5cm, ISBN 0 907649 75 0 paperback, GB £40.00, London, UK: Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers), 1999." Environmental Conservation 28, no. 1 (March 2001): 86–94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0376892901340080.

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Okuku, Eric Ochieng, Linet Kiteresi, Gilbert Owato, Kenneth Otieno, Jill Omire, Maurine Mokeira Kombo, Catherine Mwalugha, et al. "Temporal trends of marine litter in a tropical recreational beach: A case study of Mkomani beach, Kenya." Marine Pollution Bulletin 167 (June 2021): 112273. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpolbul.2021.112273.

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Mwalugha, Heltan M., Joseph G. Wakibia, Glaston M. Kenji, and Mwanjala A. Mwasaru. "Chemical Composition of Common Seaweeds from the Kenya Coast." Journal of Food Research 4, no. 6 (October 26, 2015): 28. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v4n6p28.

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The gross nutritional profile of 34 seaweed species from three sites (Mkomani, Kibuyuni and Mtwapa) in coastal Kenya were studied. The crude fat, crude protein, crude fibre and crude ash were determined by the standard AOAC methods while the nitrogen-free extract (NFE) was calculated by weight difference of the chemical components. The chemical constituents of the seaweeds varied significantly among the algal divisions, species, months and sites (<em>p</em>&lt;0.05). The major chemical components was the NFE with a mean value of 42.09 ± 0.83% dry weight (DW) followed by crude ash (31.94 ± 0.78% DW), crude fibre (14.08 ± 0.26% DW), crude protein (10.09 ± 0.26% DW), whereas the least component was crude fat with a mean value of 1.81 ± 0.04% DW (<em>p</em>&lt;0.05). The crude protein levels were positively correlated with nitrogen content and in crude fibre and negatively with NFE, crude fat and crude ash (<em>p</em>&lt;0.05). The findings on the gross nutritional profile of the seaweeds in this study could be used as a basis for more advanced research on nutritional information guideline and as potential resources for seaweed-based products for improved human and animal nutrition.
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Ruwa, R. K., and V. Jaccarini. "Nocturnal feeding migrations of Nerita plicata, N. undata and N. textilis (Prosobranchia: Neritacea) on the rocky shores at Mkomani, Mombasa, Kenya." Marine Biology 99, no. 2 (September 1988): 229–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00391985.

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Prof. Wendo Nabea, Harrison Onyango Ogutu; Dr Sheila Wandera;. "Ujitokezaji wa Hejemonia Katika Asasi Za Kijamii: Mfano wa Dharau ya Ini, Msimu wa Vipepeo, Msururu wa Usaliti na Majilio ya Mkombozi." Editon Consortium Journal of Kiswahili 2, no. 1 (June 30, 2020): 76–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.51317/ecjkisw.v2i1.130.

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Watu wenye uwezo na mamlaka wanatumia madaraka yao kuwatawala wengine kwa vishawishi anuwai. Asasi za kijamii kama vile ndoa, shule, vyuo, utamaduni na malezi zinaendelea kushuhudia utawala wa wenye uwezo juu ya wasio na uwezo. Licha ya ubayana wa hali hii katika jamii, watafiti na wahakiki wa tanzu za fasihi andishi hususan riwaya hawajaonyesha namna hejemonia inajitokeza katika asasi za kijamii. Ingawa wahakiki wengi wa riwaya wameweza kuangazia masuala ya kila nui kuhusu asasi za kijamii, suala la hejemonia katika taasisi hizo lilihitaji kumulikwa. Hivyo, utafiti huu ulidhamiria kuchunguza ujitokezaji wa hejemonia katika safu ya hejemonia ya jamii kwa mujibu wa riwaya za Msimu wa Vipepeo, Dharau ya Ini, Msururu wa Usaliti na Majilio ya Mkombozi. Utafiti huu uliongozwa na nadharia ya hejemonia ilioasisiwa na Antonio Gramsci katika makala aliyoyaandika akiwa gerezani kati ya mwaka wa 1923 na 1936. Nadharia hii inaelezea udumishaji wa uwezo na mamlaka ya tabaka moja kuu juu ya tabaka dogo kwa kutumia mikakati anuwai. Utafiti huu ulifanyiwa maktabani ambako utaratibu wa upekuzi wa yaliyomo ulitumika kukusanya data huku mbinu ya kithamano ikitumika kuchanganua data hiyo. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yatawafaa wahakiki na watafiti wa lugha na fasihi huku yakiweka wazi uwepo wa hejemonia katika asasi za jamii.
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Knight, Michael. "Mkomazi: the Ecology, Biodiversity and Conservation of a Tanzanian Savanna." Koedoe 43, no. 2 (July 3, 2000). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v43i2.193.

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Mkama, Mathias, Christopher J. Kasanga, Raphael Sallu, Ezekia Ranga, Mmeta Yongolo, Misheck Mulumba, Mark Rweyemamu, and Philemon Wambura. "Serosurveillance of foot-and-mouth disease virus in selected livestock-wildlife interface areas of Tanzania." Onderstepoort J Vet Res 81, no. 2 (April 23, 2014). http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/ojvr.v81i2.718.

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Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) is caused by a virus of the genus Aphthorvirus of the family Picornaviridae. There is great scientific need for determining the transmission dynamics of FMD virus (FMDV) by drawing more attention to the livestock-wildlife interface areas. A variety of literature suggests that buffalo could serve as reservoir of FMDV in wildlife and cattle. However, many FMDV research studies conducted on experimentally infected cattle as carriers and groups of animal highly susceptible to FMDV (i.e. bovine calves) have shown lower chances of transmission of the virus between carriers and the susceptible groups. These findings underscore the importance of continued research on the role played by carrier animals on FMDV transmission dynamics under natural conditions. The aim of this research study was to determine FMDV infection status among buffalo and cattle herds in selected livestock-wildlife interface areas. The sampled areas included Mikumi, Mkomazi and Ruaha national parks, where a total of 330 buffalo and bovine sera samples were collected. Laboratory analysis of the samples was done through the NSP ELISA technique using the PrioCHECK® FMDV NS Kit for detection of antibodies directed against 3ABC non-structural proteins and confirming natural infections. Results showed that 76.3% of tested sera samples were positive for FMDV. However, serotyping of NSP ELISA seroreactors with LPBE is yet to be done. This information is important for further epidemiological studies towards developing effective FMD control strategies.
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