"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme climate change".
Spatial variability in subterranean termite assemblage on grazing lands in semi-arid Nakasongola, Uganda
Abstract:
Surges in termite activity and the associated destructive behavior
have resulted into enormous deterioration of grazing lands in
semi-arid Nakasongola in the drylands of central Uganda.
Termites frequently attack and severely damage grasses and
legumes in pasture swards. Understanding the nature and the
variability in termite assemblage structure across varying
ecosystem conditions is pertinent in elucidating the ecological
drivers of termite behavior, as well as in developing ecologically
sustainable termite management interventions. The study is
therefore establishing the spatial variability in termite assemblage
across vegetation types on grazing lands in semi-arid
Nakasongola. The study is investigating the structure of
assemblages and their spatial variability.
Les mouvements dans l’activité des termites et le comportement
associé destructrices ont résulté en une détérioration
considérable de terres de pâturage dans Nakasongola, dans
les zones arides du centre de l’Ouganda. Les termites attaquent
fréquemment et les herbes nuisent gravement à la légumineuse
dans les pelouses de pâturages. Comprendre la nature et la
variabilité de la structure des peuplements de termites dans
l’état des écosystèmes variables est pertinente dans la
compréhension du comportement des conducteurs écologiques
de termites, ainsi que dans le développement écologiquement
durable de gestion des interventions contre les termites. L’étude
est donc de démontrer la variabilité spatiale dans l’assemblage
de termites dans les types de végétation sur les terres de
pâturage dans les zones semi-arides de Nakasongola. L’étude
fait l’enquête de la structure des assemblages et de leur
variabilité spatiale.
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English
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2010
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East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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1501-1505
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