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MONICA SHILEREYO

Lecturer, College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

• PhD in Biology (Biology Department) from Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway (NTNU). 2021 • Master’s Degree in Wildlife Management from Sokoine University of Agriculture (SUA) 2010. • Bachelor’s Degree in Wildlife Management from Soko

Teaching:

I am currently involved in teaching the following courses:

  • Basic Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Fire and Range Ecology
  • Conservation of biodiversity in inhabited Areas
  • Biostatistics
  • Community Based Conservation and Extension

Research:

Research interests: I am very passionate in researching Wildlife Ecology and Human Wildlife Interactions, Outcome and Mitigations. There needs to be more research conducted in this area to enhance co-existence.

Projects:

  1. Assessment of Plant and Fauna Species Diversity in A Restored Forest Corridor: The Case of Bunduki Corridor, Uluguru Mountains, Tanzania 2022-present (Ongoing)
  2. Up in smoke: Exploring future livelihoods and landscapes in tobacco-cultivated miombo woodland in Mbeya, South western Tanzania. 2021-Present(Ongoing)
  3. Linking biodiversity, ecosystem functions and services in the Great Serengeti-Mara Ecosystem (GSME) - drivers of change, causalities and sustainable management strategies 2015-2020.
  4. Political Ecology of Wildlife Management Areas in Tanzania 2008-2010.

Publications:

Monica Shilereyo, Flora J. Magige, P.S. Ranke, Joseph O. Ogutu and Eivin Røskaft (2022). Ectoparasite load of small mammals in the Serengeti Ecosystem: effects of land use, season, host species, age, sex and breeding status. Parasitology Reseach, Vol (121), 823-838.

2.Monica Shilereyo, Flora J. Magige, Joseph O. Ogutu and Eivin Røskaft(2021). Land use and habitat selection by small mammals in the Tanzanian Greater Serengeti Ecosystem. Global Ecology and Conservation, Vol 27, e01606

3.Monica Shilereyo, Flora J. Magige, Joseph O. Ogutu and Eivin Røskaft (2020). Small mammal community demography and reproductive seasonality under protection, pastoralism and agriculture in the Serengeti Ecosystem, Tanzania. (International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation Vol.12 (4), pp. 253-269).

4.Shilereyo, M. Abdallah, J.M, Shombe, N.H. and Matiko E.C. (2015). Political Ecology of Wildlife Management Areas: An examination of power decentralization in Burunge Wildlife Management Area, Tanzania. Proceeding of the nineth TAWIRI scientific conference, (2015). Vol 1.115-128.

5. O.K. Didas, M. Shilereyo, B. Mwamengo, H, Gulinck, and G, Walalaze, H (2014). Communities’ Consideration Underlying Vegetation Edge Ecosystem in Magamba village, Lushoto District, Tanzania. A Journal of Land and Society, (2014) Vol. 1 No. 1, 67-81.