Thesis projects and dissertation examples

Some examples of research projects undertaken by CMAE students (*published)

• Characterizing elephant use of human dominated landscapes in the Greater Serengeti Ecosystem
• Do resources or risks drive wildebeest to cross large rivers?
• Seasonal dynamics impact habitat preferences and protected area use of the critically endangered Kordofan giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis antiquorum).*
• Estimating demographic structure of elephants with rapid assessments: how many should be counted?
• We are what we eat, plus some per mill: Using stable isotopes to estimate diet composition in Gyps vultures over space and time*
• Factors affecting pastoralist cattle movements in areas with high risk of Malignant Catarrhal Fever
• Shaping the Future of Pastoralism: A Systematised Review of the Ecological and Socioeconomic Impacts within East African Ecosystems
• Lion and hyena competition on and off of kill sites
• Predicting uptake of a malignant catarrhal fever vaccine by pastoralists in northern Tanzania: opportunities for improving livelihoods and ecosystem health*
• Mapping the drivers of loss of natural habitat in the Selous Niassa wildlife corridor in Southern Tanzania
• Tracking animal movements using biomarkers in tail hairs: a novel approach for the geolocating from the Serengeti sulfur isoscape*
• Large-scale drivers of population growth in migratory ungulates
• Incorporating movement patterns to discern habitat selection of African lions across a multi-use protected area landscape in northern Tanzania