Peer-reviewed scientific publications:
Calatayud P.-A., Njuguna E., Mwalusepo S., Gathara M., Okuku G., Kibe K., Musyoka B., Williamson D., Ong’amo G., Juma G., Johansson T., Subramanian S., Gatebe E. and Le Ru, B.,2016. Can climate-driven change influences silicon assimilation by cereals and hence the abundance and distribution of lepidopteran stem borers in East Africa? Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 224, 95-103.
De Meyer, M., Mwatawala, M., Copeland R.S. and M. Virgilio, 2016. Description of new Ceratitis species (Diptera: Tephritidae) from Africa, or how morphological and DNA data are complementary in discovering unknown species and matching sexes. European Journal of Taxonomy 233:1-23.
Ntiri, E. S., Calatayud, P-A., Van den Berg,J., Schulthess, F. and B. P. Le Ru, 2016. Influence of temperature on intra- and interspecific resource utilization within a community of Lepidopteran Maize Stemborers. PLos ONE 11(2).
Roques A., Copeland R. S., Soldati, L., Denux, O., Auger-Rozenberg, M-A., 2016. Megastigmus seed chalcids (Hymenoptera, Torymidae) radiated much more on Angiosperms than previously considered. I- Description of 8 new species from Kenya, with a key to the females of Eastern and Southern Africa. ZooKeys 585: 51–124.
Abdel-Rahman, E., Makori, D.M., Landmann, T., Piiroinen, R., Pellikka, P., S.K. Raina, 2015. The Utility of AISA Eagle Hyperspectral Data and Random Forest Classifier for Flower Mapping. Remote Sensing. 2015, 7(10), 13298-13318.
Boitt, M., Ndegwa, C., Pellikka, P., 2015. Land Suitability Assessment For Effective Crop Production, a Case Study of Taita Hills, Kenya. Journal of Agricultural Informatics 6 (2): 23–31.
Heiskanen, J., L. Korhonen, J. Hietanen, P.K.E. Pellikka, 2015. Use of airborne lidar for estimating canopy gap fraction and leaf area index of tropical montane forests. International Journal of Remote Sensing, 36: 2569–2583.
Hohenthal, J., E. Owidi, P. Minoia, & P. Pellikka, 2015. Local assessment of changes in water-related ecosystem services and their management: DPASER conceptual model and its application in Taita Hills, Kenya. International Journal of Biodiversity Science, Ecosystem Services & Management.
Landmann, T., R.T. Piiroinen, D. Makori, E. Abdel-Rahman, S. Makau, P.K.E. Pellikka & S. Raina, 2015. Application of hyperspectral remote sensing for flower mapping in African savannas. Remote Sensing of Environment 166, 50 – 60.
Mwalusepo, S., Tonnang, H.H., Massawe, E.S., Okuku, G.O., Khadioli, N., Johansson, T., Calatayud, P.A. and B. P. Le Ru, 2015. Predicting the Impact of Temperature Change on the Future Distribution of Maize Stem Borers and Their Natural Enemies along East African Mountain Gradients Using Phenology Models. PLoS One 10 (6): e0130427. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0130427.
Mwalusepo, S., Estomih, S.M., Affognon, H., Okuku, G.O., Kingori, S., Mburu, P.D.M., Ong’amo, G.O., Muchugu, E., Calatayud, P-A., Landmann, T., Muli, E., Raina, S. K., Johansson, T. & B.P. Le Ru, 2015. Smallholder farmers’ perspectives on climatic variability and adaptation strategies in East Africa: the case study of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Taita and Machakos Hills in Kenya. Journal of Earth Science & Climatic Change 6:313.
Njuguna, E., Gathara, M., Nadir, S., Mwalusepo, S., Williamson, D., Mathé, P.-E., Kimani, J., Landmann, T., Juma, G., Ong’amo G., Gatebe, E., Le Ru, B.P. & Calatayud, P.-A., 2015. Characteristics of soils in selected maize growing sites along altitudinal gradients in East African highlands. Data in Brief, 5, 138–144.
Njuguna, E.,Le Ru, B., Okuku, G., Gathara, M., Mwalusepo, S., Juma, G., Sambai,K., Johansson, T., Ong’amo,G., Gatebe, E., Calatayud P.-A., 2015. Variation of soil nutrients in maize growing areas along the altitudinal gradient of Taita hills transect in Kenya. International Journal of Contemporary Applied Sciences 2(4).
Olmi, M., Copeland R.S. and A. Guglielmino, 2015. An updated checklist of Dryinidae, Embolemidae and Sclerogibbidae (Hymenoptera) of Kenya and Burundi, with descriptions of thirteen new species. Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae 55 (1), 333-380.
Piiroinen, R., J., Heiskanen, M. Mõttus, & P. Pellikka, 2015. Classification of crops across heterogeneous agricultural landscape in Kenya using AisaEAGLE imaging spectroscopy data. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 39: 1-8.
Platts, P.J., Omeny, P.A., Marchant, R., 2015. AFRICLIM: high-resolution climate projections for ecological applications in Africa. African Journal of Ecology 53, 103–108.
Thijs, K.W., Aerts, R., van de Moortele, P. Aben, J., Musila, W., Pellikka, P., Gulinck, H. & B. Muys, 2015. Trees in a human-modified tropical landscape: Species and trait composition and potential ecosystem services. Landscape and Urban Planning 144, 49-58.
Vaughn, R. S., Kirk-Spriggs, A. H. and R. Copeland, 2015. A new species of Alhajarmyia Stuckenberg (Diptera: Vermileonidae), the first wormlion fly described from East Africa and its biogeographical implications. Zootaxa 4044 (4), 556-566.
Boitt, M.K., Ndegwa, C.N. & Pellikka, P, 2014. Modelling the Impacts of Climate Change on Agro-Ecological Zones –a Case Study of Taita Hills, Kenya. Universal Journal of Geoscience 2(6): 172–179.
Boitt, M.K., Ndegwa, C. & Pellikka, P, 2014. Using Hyperspectral Data to Identify Crops in a Cultivated Landscape –A Case Study of Taita Hills, Kenya. Earth Science & Climatic Change 5(9): 1–4.
Maeda, E.E, J. Heiskanen, K.W. Thijs & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2014. Season-dependence of remote sensing indicators of tree species diversity. Remote Sensing Letters 5:5, 404-412.
Mwalusepo, S. ; Henri E. Z. Tonnang, H.E.Z. ; Estomih S. Massawe, E.S. ; Johansson, T. & Le Ru, B.P, 2014. Stability analysis of competing insect species for a single resource. Journal of Applied Mathematics. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/285350
Pfeifer, M., A. Gonsamo, P. Pellikka, R. Marchant, D. Denu, P. Platts, V. Lefebvre, 2014. Validating and linking the GIMMS leaf area index (LAI3g) with environmental controls in East Africa. Remote Sensing 2014, 6(3), 1973-1990; doi:10.3390/rs6031973
Thijs, K.W., R. Aerts, W. Musila, M. Siljander, E. Matthysen, L. Lens, P. Pellikka, H. Gulinck & B. Muys, 2014. Potential tree species extinction, colonization and recruitment in Afromontane forest relicts. Basic and Applied Ecology 15: 288 – 296.
Enroth, J., P. Nyqvist, I. Malombe, P. Pellikka & J. Rikkinen, 2013. Additions to the moss flora of the Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau, Kenya. Polish Journal of Botany 58(2), 495-510.
Omoro, L.M.A, M. Starr & P. K.E. Pellikka, 2013. Tree biomass and soil carbon stocks in indigenous forests in comparison to plantations of exotic species in the Taita Hills of Kenya. Silva Fennica 47:2.
Pellikka, P.K.E., B.J.F. Clark, A. Gonsamo Gosa, N. Himberg, P. Hurskainen, E. E. Maeda, J. Mwang’ombe, L.M.A. Omoro & M. Siljander, 2013. Agricultural expansion and its consequences in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Developments in Earth Surface Processes 16: 165-179. P. Paron, D. Olago and C.T. Omuto (eds): Kenya: a natural outlook – geo-environmental resources and hazards, Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Spanhove. T, T. Callens, C.A. Hallmann, P. Pellikka & L. Lens, 2013. Nest predation in Afrotropical forest fragments shaped by inverse edge effects, timing of nest initiation and vegetation structure. Journal of Ornithology.
Aben, J., F. Adriasen, K.W. Thijs, P. Pellikka, M. Sijander, L. Lens & E. Matthysen, 2012. Effects of matrix composition and configuration on forest bird movements in a fragmented Afromontane biodiversity hotspot. Animal Conservation 15: 658-668.
Kaasalainen, U., D.B. Fewer, J. Jokela, M. Wahlsten, K. Sivonen & J. Rikkinen, 2012. Cyanobacteria produce a high variety of hepatotoxic peptides in lichen symbiosis. PNAS – Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1200279109.
Pfeifer, M., A. Gonsamo, M. Disney, P. Pellikka & R. Marchant, 2012. Leaf area index for biomes of the Eastern Arc Mountains: Landsat and SPOT observations along precipitation and altitude gradients. Remote Sensing of Environment 118, 103-115.
Aerts, R., Lehouck, V., Thijs, K.W., Mbuthia, W.K., Beentje, H., Bytebier, B., Matthysen, E., Lens, L., Gulinck, H. & Muys, B. 2011. Woody plant communities of isolated Afromontane cloud forests in Taita Hills, Kenya. Plant Ecology 212: 639-649.
Callens, T., Galbusera, P., Matthysen, E., Durand E.Y., Githiru, M., Huyghe, J.R. & Lens, L. 2011. Genetic signature of population fragmentation varies with mobility in seven bird species of a fragmented Kenyan cloud forest. Molecular Ecology 20: 1829–1844.
Clark, B., J. Suomalainen & P. Pellikka, 2011. The selection of appropriate pseudoinvariant ground targets for use in empirical line spectral calibration of SPOT satellite imagery. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry & Remote Sensing 66 (4), 429-445.
Clark, B., J. Suomalainen & P. Pellikka. An historical empirical line method for the retrieval of surface reflectance factor from multi-temporal SPOT HRV, HRVIR and HRG multispectral satellite imagery. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation. 13, 292-307.
Erdogan, E.H., P. Pellikka, B. Clark, 2011. Impact of land cover change on soil loss in the Taita Hills, Kenya between 1987 and 2003. International Journal of Remote Sensing 32 (21): 5919-5945.
Githiru, M., Lens, L., Adriaensen, F., Mwang’ombe, J. & Matthysen, E. 2011. Using science to guide conservation: from landscape modelling to increased connectivity in the Taita Hills, SE Kenya. Journal for Nature Conservation 19: 263– 268.
Lehouck, V., Spanhove, T. & Lens, L. 2011. Avian fruit ingestion differentially facilitates seed germination of four fleshy-fruited plant species of an Afrotropical forest. Plant Ecology and Evolution 144: 96–100.
Maeda, E.E., P. Pellikka, B. Clark & M. Siljander, 2011. Prospective changes in irrigation water requirements caused by agricultural expansion and climate changes in the eastern arc mountains of Kenya. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 982-993. (pdf)
Maeda, E.J., D. Wiberg & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2011. Estimating reference evapotranspiration using remote sensing and empirical models in a region with limited ground data availability in Kenya. Applied Geography 31, 251-258. (pdf)
Maeda, E.J., D. Wiberg & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2011. Estimating reference evapotranspiration using remote sensing and empirical models in a region with limited ground data availability in Kenya. Applied Geography 31, 251-258.
Maeda, E.E., P. Pellikka, B. Clark & M. Siljander, 2011. Prospective changes in irrigation water requirements caused by agricultural expansion and climate changes in the eastern arc mountains of Kenya. Journal of Environmental Management 92, 982-993.
Omoro, L.M.A., R. Laiho, M. Starr & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2011. Relationships between native tree species and soil properties in the indigenous forest fragments of the Eastern Arc Mountains of the Taita Hills, Kenya. Forestry Studies in China 13(3): 198–210.
Platts, P.J., J.C. Lovett, P.K.E. Pellikka, N. Burgess, R.D. Swetnam, A.R. Marshall, C.J. McClean & R. Marchant, 2011. Delimiting tropical mountain ecoregions for conservation. Environmental Conservation 38 (3): 312–324.
Siljander, M., B. Clark & P. Pellikka, 2011. A predictive modelling technique for human population distribution and abundance estimation using remote sensing and geospatial data in rural mountainous area in Kenya. International Journal of Remote Sensing 32(21): 5997-6023.
Clark, B., J. Suomalainen & P. Pellikka, 2010. A comparison of methods for the retrieval of surface reflectance factor from multi-temporal SPOT HRV, HRVIR and HRG multispectral satellite imagery. Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing, 36, 397–411. (pdf)
Gonsamo, A., J-M.N. Walter & P. Pellikka, 2010. Sampling gap fraction and size for estimating leaf area and clumping indices using hemispherical photography. Canadian Journal of Forest Research 40, 588-1603. (pdf)
Maeda, E.E., B. Clark, P. Pellikka & M. Siljander, 2010. Modelling agricultural expansion in Kenya’s eastern arc mountains biodiversity hotspot. Agricultural Systems 103, 609-620. (pdf)
Maeda, E.E., P. Pellikka & B. Clark, 2010. Monte Carlo Simulation and remote sensing applied to agricultural survey sampling strategy in Taita Hills, Kenya. African Journal of Agricultural Research 5, 1647-1654. (pdf)
Maeda, E.E., P. Pellikka, M. Siljander & B. Clark, 2010. Potential impacts of agricultural expansion and climate change on soil erosion in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Kenya. Geomorphology 279-289. (pdf)
Omoro, L.M.A., P. Pellikka & P. Rogers, 2010. Tree species diversity, richness, and similarity between exotic and indigenous forests in the cloud forests of Eastern Arc Mountains, Taita Hills, Kenya. Journal of Forestry Research 21:3, 255-264. (pdf)
Platts, P.J., A. Ahrends, R.E. Gereau, C.J. McClean, J.C. Lovett, A.R. Marshall, P. Pellikka, M. Mulligan, E. Fanning, R. Marchant, 2010. Can distribution models help refine inventory-based estimates of conservation priority? A case study in the Eastern Arc forests of Tanzania and Kenya. Diversity and Distributions 16, 628-642. (pdf)
Clark, B.J.F. & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2009. Landscape analysis using multiscale segmentation and object orientated classification. In: Röder, A. & J. Hill (eds.) Recent Advances in Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing for Land Degradation Assessment. ISPRS book series in photogrammetry, remote sensing and spatial information sciences, Vol. 8. pp. 323-342, Taylor & Francis Group 2009, ISBBN: 978-0-415-39769-8.(pdf)
Gonsamo, A., & P. Pellikka, 2009. The computation of foliage clumping index using hemispherical photography. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 149, 1781-1787. (pdf)
Himberg, N. L.M.A. Omoro, P. Pellikka & O. Luukkanen, 2009. The benefits and constraints of participation in forest management. The case of Taita Hills, Kenya. Fennia 187, 61-76. (pdf)
Lehouck, V., Spanhove, T., Vangestel C., Cordeiro N.J. & Lens, L. 2009. Does landscape structure affect resource tracking by avian frugivores in a fragmented Afrotropical forest? Ecography 32: 789-799.
Lehouck, V., Spanhove, T, Demeter, S., Groot, N. & Lens, L. 2009. Complementary seed dispersal by three avian frugivores in a fragmented Afromontane forest. Journal of Vegetation Science 20: 1110-1120.
Pellikka, P., M. Lötjönen, M. Siljander & L. Lens, 2009. Airborne remote sensing of spatiotemporal change (1955-2004) in indigenous and exotic forest cover in the Taita Hills, Kenya. International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation 11(4):221-232. DOI: 10.1016/j.jag.2009.02.002 (pdf)
Spanhove, T., Lehouck, V., Boets, P. & Lens, L. 2009. Forest fragmentation relaxes natural nest predation in an Afromontane forest. Animal Conservation 12: 267-275.
Spanhove, T. Lehouck, V. & Lens, L. 2009. Inverse edge effect on nest predation in a Kenyan forest fragment: an experimental case study. Bird Conservation International 19:367-378.
Spanhove, T., Lehouck, V. & Lens, L. 2009. Edge effects on avian nest predation: the quest for a conceptual framework. Animal Conservation 12: 284-286.
Gonsamo, A. & P. Pellikka, 2008. Methodology comparison for slope correction in canopy biophysical parameters estimation using hemispherical photography. Forest Ecology and Management 256:749-759. (pdf)
Other scientific publications:
Pellikka, P., 1989. Maaperäeroosio ja maaperän suojelu Keniassa. In: Kivikkokangas-Sandgren, R. & S. Tuhkanen (eds.): Tähtäimessä Kenia. Kehitysmaantieteen yhdistyksen toimitteita 22, pp. 13-25, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki. (In English: Soil erosion and soil conservation in Kenya).
Pellikka, P., 1990. Taita Hillsin vuoristometsät – katoavatko ne lopullisesti? Maapallo 1990:1-2, pp. 3-12. (In English: The mountain forests of Taita Hills, SE-Kenya – do they disappear definitively ?)
Pellikka, P., 1990. Taita Hillsin metsät. In: Kivikkokangas- Sandgren, R., R. Paalanen & S. Tuhkanen (eds.): Taita Hills – kuivan savannin ympäröimät vehreät vuoret Kaakkois-Keniassa. Occasional Papers of the Finnish Association for Development Geography 24, pp. 13-26, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki. (In English: The forests of Taita Hills, SE-Kenya).
Pellikka, P., 1991. Land Use and its Classification Using a Multispectral SPOT XS Satellite Image in the Taita Hills, SE-Kenya. In: Kivikkokangas-Sandgren, R., S. Tuhkanen & J. Uotila (eds.): Land Use and Strategies for Survival in the Taita Hills, Taita-Taveta District, Southeastern Kenya. Occasional Papers of the Finnish Association for Development Geography 25, pp. 35-64, Department of Geography, University of Helsinki.
Pellikka, P., 2003. Ilmakuvilta tietoa maankäytön seurantaan. Positio 3/2003, 12-13. (In English: Application of aerial photographs on land use change detection).
Pellikka, P., 2003. Maankäytön muutosten suomalainen tutkimus etenee Keniassa. Terra 115:238-239. (In English: Investigating land use in Kenya).
Hurskainen, P. & P. Pellikka, 2004. Change detetection of informal settlements using multi-temporal aerial photographs – the case of Voi, SE-Kenya. Proceedings of the 5th AARSE conference (African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment), 18-21 October, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya. CD-Publication, no page numbers. (pdf)
Niemelä, T. & P. Pellikka, 2004. Zonation and characteristics of the vegetation on Mt. Kenya. In: Pellikka, P., J. Ylhäisi & B. Clark (eds.): Taita Hills and Kenya, 2004 – seminar, reports and journal of a field excursion to Kenya. Expedition Reports of Department of Geography, University of Helsinki 40, 148 p., pp. 14-20. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki. (pdf)
Pellikka, P., B. Clark, P. Hurskainen, A. Keskinen, M. Lanne, K. Masalin, P. Nyman-Ghezelbash & T. Sirviö, 2004. Land use change monitoring applying geographic information systems in the Taita Hills. Proceedings of the 5th AARSE conference (African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment), 18-21 October, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya. CD-Publication, no page numbers. (pdf)
Pellikka, P., J. Ylhäisi & B. Clark (eds.): Taita Hills and Kenya, 2004 – seminar, reports and journal of a field excursion to Kenya. Expedition Reports of Department of Geography, University of Helsinki 40, 148 p., pp. 14-20. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki.
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Sirviö, T., A. Rebeiro-Hargrave & P. Pellikka, 2004. Geoinformation in gully erosion studies in the Taita Hills, SE-Kenya, preliminary results. Proceedings of the 5th AARSE conference (African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment), 18-21 October, 2004, Nairobi, Kenya. CD-Publication, no page numbers. (pdf)
Clark, B.J.F. & P.K.E. Pellikka, 2005. The development of a land use change detection methodology for mapping the Taita Hills, South-East Kenya. Proceedings of the 31st International Symposium of Remote Sensing of the Environment, 20-24 June 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia. CD-Rom publication. (pdf)
Soini, E., 2005. Livelihood capital, strategies and outcomes in the Taita hills of Kenya. ICRAF Working Paper no. 8. Nairobi, Kenya: World Agroforestry Centre. (pdf)
Pellikka, P, 2005. Taita Hills – kuivan savannin ympäröimät vehreät vuoret Kaakkois-Keniassa. Turun yliopiston maantieteen laitoksen julkaisuja 168: 75-90. (English summary: Taita Hills – green mountains surrounded by savannah vegetation).
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Pellikka, P.K.E., B.J.F. Clark, T. Sirviö & K. Masalin, 2005. Environmental change monitoring applying satellite and airborne remote sensing data in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Proc. of the Int. Conf. on Remote Sensing and Geoinformation Processing in the Assessment and Monitoring of Land Degradation and Desertification. 7-9 September, 2005, Trier, Germany. CD-Rom publication, no page numbers. (pdf)
Pellikka, P., 2006. Paikkatieto kehittyvissä maissa – pitäisikö tavoitteita tarkistaa? (In English: GIS in developing countries – what should we aim for?) Positio 4/2006, pp. 23-24.
Toivonen, T., J. Rikkinen & P. Pellikka (eds.), 2012. Landscapes and lichens of Taita Hills, Kenya. Expedition Reports of Department of Geography, University of Helsinki 50. 93 p. Department of Geography, University of Helsinki. ISSN 0786-2172. (pdf)
Hohenthal, J., M. Räsänen, E. Owidi, B. Andersson, P. Minoia & P. Pellikka, 2015. Community and institutional perspectives on water management and environmental changes in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Publications of Department of Geosciences and Geography C11. University of Helsinki. (pdf)
Njeru, C.; Calatayud, P.-A.; Le Ru, B.; Mohamed, S.; Ndonye, S. and Johansson, T., 2015. Promoting soil health and productivity in Eastern Arc mountain ecosystems through collaboration and networks. In FAO, Understanding Mountain Soils: A contribution from mountain areas to the International Year of Soils 2015, by Romeo, R., Vita, A., Manuelli, S., Zanini, E., Freppaz, M. & Stanchi, S. Rome, Italy, p 119–121.
PhD dissertations:
Mark Boitt, 2016. Hyperspectral remote sensing and modelling of cropland characteristics in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya.
Crispus Njeru, 2016. Carbon stocks variability in agroecosystems along an altitudinal gradient: a case study of Taita Hills, Kenya. Department of Plant Ecology, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Sizah Mwalusepo, 2015. Modelling the impact of climate change to the maize stem borer communities and their main natural enemies along altitudinal gradients in East Africa. Mathematics Department, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Koen Thijs, 2015. Tree community dynamics and ecosystem function in a tropical landscape under deforestation pressure. KU Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Belgium.
Job Aben, 2014. Dispersal , connectivity and population viability of birds in a fragmented Afrotropical cloud forest. University of Antwerp, Faculty of Science, Belgium.
Tom Callens, 2012. Genetic and demographic signatures of population fragmentation in a cooperative breeding bird from south-east Kenya. University of Ghent, Belgium. http://www.ecology.ugent.be/terec/pdf/PHD_callens_2012.pdf
Loice Mildred Akinyi Omoro, 2012. Impacts of indigenous and exotic tree species on ecosystem services – Case study on the mountain cloud forests of Taita Hills, Kenya. Tropical Forestry Reports 41, Viikki Tropical Resources Institute, University of Helsinki. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-10-8449-2
Toon Spanhove. 2012. Avian persistence in a severely fragmented Afrotropical cloud forest. University of Ghent, Belgium.
Nina Himberg, 2011. Traditionally protected forests- justifications or hindrances to ethnodevelopment and participatory forestry in Taita Hills, Kenya. Department of Geosciences and Geography, University Print, Helsinki. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-10-7283-3
Eduardo Maeda, 2011. Agricultural expansion and climate change in the Taita Hills, Kenya: an assessment of potential environmental impacts. Department of Geosciences and Geography A7, University Print, Helsinki https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/24585
Barnaby Clark, 2010. Enhanced processing of SPOT multispectral satellite imagery for environmental monitoring and modelling, Department of Geosciences and Geography A5, University Print, Helsinki.http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-10-6306-0
Mika Siljander, 2010. Geospatial environmental data modelling applications using remote sensing, GIS and spatial statistics, Department of Geosciences and Geography A1, Yliopistopaino, Helsinki.http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-10-6110-3
Alemu Gonsamo Gosa, 2009. Remote sensing of leaf area index: enhanced retrieval from close-range and remotely sensed optical observations, Helsingin yliopiston maantieteen laitoksen julkaisuja A 147, Hansaprint, Helsinki.http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-10-5873-8
Valerie Lehouck, 2009. Frugivory and seed dispersal in a fragmented Afromontane cloud forest, Taita Hills, Kenya. University of Ghent, Belgium.
Eija Soini , 2006. Livelihood, land use and environment interactions in the highlands of East Africa. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/21188
Jussi Ylhäisi, 2006. Traditionally protected forests and sacred forests of Zigua and Gweno ethnic groups in Tanzania.
M.Sc. theses:
Jesse Hietanen, 2016. Predicting Soil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen Content Using Airborne Laser Scanning in the Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/169289
Toini Kuronen, 2016. Primates on Farms – Perceived Human-Wildlife Conflicts around Ngangao Indigenous Cloud Forest, Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/162060?show=full
Lilian Motaroki, 2016. Assessment of Conservation Agriculture as an Adaptation Option to Climate Change in the Taita Hills, Kenya. Institute of Climate Change and Adaptation, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
Arto Viinikka, 2016. Mapping Individual Tree Species Using Airborne Imaging Spectroscopy and Laser Scanning Data in Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/160166
Anthony Arcaro, 2015. Athmospheric Deposition and Canopy Interactions in Afromontane Forests in the Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/158978
Jessica Broas, 2015. Mapping above-ground biomass of trees outside forests in the Taita hills, Kenya, using airborne laser scanning and individual tree detection.
Vuokko Heikinheimo, 2015. Impact of land change on aboveground carbon stocks in the Taita Hills, Kenya.
Eric Luvonga, 2015. Diversity and Pollination Activity of Flower Visiting Insects Associated with Avocado along the Slopes of Taita Hills in Kenya. Department of Biological Sciences, Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya.
Elisa Schäfer, 2015. Tree species diversity estimation using airborne imaging spectroscopy. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/153119
Åsa Stam, 2015. The growth and biomass increase of bryophyte and lichen transplants in Taita Hills, Kenya.
Elina Virtanen, 2015. Fine-resolution climate grids for species distribution studies in data-poor regions.
Sarah Achola, 2014. Assessment of the potential for integration of ecosystem based approaches and local indigenous knowledge into climate change adaptation in the Taita Hills, Kenya. University of Nairobi.
Matias Andersson, 2014. Assessing the Cultural Potential of Ecological Sanitation in Improving Waste Management and Food Security in the Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/136373
Rami Piiroinen, 2014. Classification of agricultural crops of the Taita Hills, Kenya using airborne AisaEAGLE imaging spectroscopy data.
Belinda Kivivuori, 2013. The local perception on changes in water availability and accessibility in the Taita Hills, Kenya.
Janita Laakso, 2013. Influence of Topography and Land Use on Physical Soil Properties at the Wundanyi Catchment Area in Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/42256
Pekka Itkonen, 2012. Estimating leaf area index and aboveground biomass by empirical modeling using SPOT HRVIR satellite imagery in the Taita Hills, Kenya. https://helda.helsinki.fi/handle/10138/37685
Kaisa Jauhiainen, 2012. The diversity of Coccocarpia and their cyanobionts in the Taita Hills and Mount Kasigau, Kenya.
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