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STEVEN ELISAMEHE TEMU

Assistant Lecturer , College Of Natural And Applied Sciences
Education:

• Master's Degree in Wildlife and Terrestrial Ecology from University of Dar es Salaam (2014 – 2016) • Bachelor's Degree in Zoology and Wildlife Science from University of Dar es Salaam (2005 – 2008)

Teaching:

  • Biostatistics I & II
  • Mammalian biology
  • Ecology and Utilisation of Natural Resources
  • Scientific Methods
  • Analysis and Utilisation of Wildlife Populations
  • Reproduction, Growth and Nutrition in Wild Mammals
  • Research Project

Research:

  • Wildlife ecology,
  • biodiversity inventory and conservation,
  • mammalian biology,
  • carnivore ecology and behaviour,
  • environmental science,
  • biostatistics,
  • community-based conservation,
  • wildlife-based tourism,
  • conservation of small rodents and bats

Projects:

  1. PhD Project; ‘A comparative study on some ecological aspects of golden jackals (Canis aureus) and silver-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) in the Southern part of the Serengeti ecosystem, Tanzania’ (2017- 2022)
  2. MSc Research Project; ‘Feeding ecology energetics of two sympatric species of jackals in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania’ (2014-2016)

Publications:

  1. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., and Moehlman, P.D (2018). Diet composition of the golden jackal, Canis aureus in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. Tanzania Journal of Science, 44(1): 52 – 61.
  2. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., and Moehlman, P.D (2017). Golden jackal (Canis aureus) hunting a bat-eared fox (Otocyon megalotis) and an adult Thomson’s gazelle (Eudorcas thomsonii) in the Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 55: 386 – 387.
  3. Temu, S.E., Nahonyo, C.L., Moehlman, P.D (2016). Comparative foraging efficiency of two sympatric jackals; silver-backed jackals (Canis mesomelas) and golden jackals (Canis aureus) in the Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania. International Journal of Ecology,Volume 2016, Article ID 6178940, 5 pages, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/6178940