Agricultural intensification with seasonal fallow land promotes high bee diversity in Afrotropical drylands

JV Lasway, MK Peters, HK Njovu… - Journal of Applied …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The exponential increase in the human population in tandem with increased food demand
has caused agriculture to be the global‐dominant form of land use. Afrotropical drylands are …

[HTML][HTML] Discrimination of honeys produced by Tanzanian stingless bees (Hymenoptera, Apidae, Meliponini) based on physicochemical properties and sugar profiles

CA Mduda, JM Hussein, MH Muruke - Journal of Agriculture and Food …, 2023 - Elsevier
Honey composition vary according to floral origin and bee species from which it is produced.
Understanding the composition of honey is essential for guaranteeing its quality and …

Positive effects of low grazing intensity on East African bee assemblages mediated by increases in floral resources

JV Lasway, I Steffan-Dewenter, HK Njovu… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
Livestock grazing is widespread and increasing in the African grasslands, with largely
unknown consequences for bee pollinators. Here we assessed the direct and indirect …

Insect-pollinators and their interactions with plants differ in disturbed and semi-natural areas: Tanzania's Southern Highlands case study

F Ojija, LS Adam, R Nicholaus… - Science …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Due to inadequate insect-pollinator data, particularly in sub-Saharan African countries like
Tanzania, it is difficult to manage and protect these species in disturbed and semi-natural …

[HTML][HTML] A dataset of occurrence of wild bees and their interaction with foraging plants along a livestock grazing gradient of northern Tanzania

JV Lasway, I Steffan-Dewenter, R Mremi, NR Kinabo… - Data in Brief, 2023 - Elsevier
A dataset describing the occurrence of wild bees and their interaction with forage plants
along livestock grazing gradient is critical in understanding bee-plant interaction networks …

Bees and their interactions with flowering plants in disturbed and semi-natural settings

F Ojija, LA Silabi - Journal of Asia-Pacific Entomology, 2024 - Elsevier
A knowledge of bee populations is scarce, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, where human-
induced changes appear to have a considerable negative effect on wild bees. The goal of …

A Comprehensive Review of Beekee** Datasets for Precision Apiculture Research

S Haddaoui, N Khlifa, S Chikhi… - … on Control, Decision …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper undertakes a thorough analysis of the existing landscape of datasets within the
beekee** field, with the primary aim of furnishing precision beekee** researchers with a …

Species richness, vegetation structure, and floristic composition of woody plants along the elevation gradient of Mt. Meru, Tanzania

JV Lasway, HK Njovu, A Eustace, KM Mathisen… - Biotropica, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Understanding the change in vegetation composition along elevational gradients is critical
for species conservation in a changing world. We studied the species richness, tree height …

Impact of human land use on bee diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in Tanzania savannah ecosystems

JV Lasway - 2022 - opus.bibliothek.uni-wuerzburg.de
One of the pronounced global challenges facing ecologists is how to feed the current
growing human population while sustaining biodiversity and ecosystem services. To shed …