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Nyabuiyabui Swamp fieldwork

  Nyabuiyabui swamp field work was carried out between 10-12/04/2014 by Colin Courtney Mustaphi, Esther Githumbi who were accompanied by Rebecca Muthoni (Intern at National Museums of Kenya) and Joseph Mutua (BIEA). Nyabuiyabui Swamp is located in Mau forest, Kiptunga block and permission to carry out the field work was granted by the KFS.  It […]

ER 1: (Wild?)fire

Marie Curie ITN Experienced Researcher:  Dr. Colin Courtney Mustaphi Host Institution:  University of York Institute for Tropical Ecosystems (KITE), Environment Department Duration:  November 2013 to November 2015 Summary: Fire is an important disturbance in East African ecosystems , influencing community structure and function, species distributions, nutrient processes, and plays a role in global carbon cycle. Humans have […]

Geert van der Plas

Position: Early-stage researcher Address: Limnology Unit, Department of Biology, Ghent University K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Email: geert.vanderplas@ugent.be Website: UGent webpage LinkedIn profile Supervisor: Dirk Verschuren Bio: Hi, my name is Geert. I am attached to REAL as an ESR, based at Ghent University. I will be reconstructing past landscape and environmental changes in […]

Dirk Verschuren contact info

Position: Professor, Head of Limnology Unit, Ghent University, Coordinating team in REAL project Address: Ghent University Department of Biology Limnology Research Unit. K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35 L10 9000 Gent Email: dirk.verschuren@UGent.be Website: UGent Limnology Publications: https://biblio.ugent.be/person/801000736550

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