Hubert Gulinck

The Effect of Soil Physical Properties and Soil Microclimate on Rodent Burrows’ Abundance and their Characteristics in Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Joel L. Meliyo, Leon Brabers, Boniface H. J. Massawe, Balthazar M. Msanya, Didas N. Kimaro, Loth S. Mulungu, Nganga I. Kihupi, Jozef A. Deckers, Hubert Gulinck & Herwig Leirs · Journal of Agriculture and Ecology Research International · 2014

The present study was carried out between September 2009 and June 2013 in Western Usambara Mountains plague focus with the aim of establishing the influence of selected soil physical properties and soil microclimate on rodent burrows’ abundance, portal orientation and use. Two la...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JAERI/2015/13695

Status and Variability of Soil Micronutrients with Landforms in the Plague Focus of Western Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

Joel L. Meliyo, Boniface H. J. Massawe, Leon Brabers, Balthazar M. Msanya, Didas N. Kimaro, Loth S. Mulungu, Nganga I. Kihupi, Jozef A. Deckersbel, Hubert Gulinck & Herwig Leirs · International Journal of Plant & Soil Science · 2014

A study was carried out in Western Usambara, Tanzania to assess the status of soil micronutrients across three geomorphic units viz., plain, escarpment and plateau in order to provide essential information for on-going studies on plague epidemiology. Nineteen soil profiles were o...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/IJPSS/2015/13717